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How the Camel Got His Hump
A Just So Story by Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling wrote the Just So Stories in 1902 as fanciful tales explaining how animals came to look the way they do. This text reflects its era; a few period terms have been modernised. The story teaches that laziness has consequences — and that a habit, once formed, can last a very long time.
- Band
- Yellow · Emerging readersTypical starting range: ages 6–8
- Length
- medium · about 565 words in 6 sections · 4 pictures
- Source
- Just so stories, Rudyard Kipling
- First published
- see the About page in the reader
- Regions
- Canada · United States
Included formats
- · Web reader and PDF
- · EPUB for e-readers
- · Home-print sheet
- · Folded booklet
- · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
- · Worksheet
- · Quick Check (8 questions) with answer key
- · Read-aloud script
- · Colouring page
- · Teacher’s Edition (members)
Lesson at a glance
- Reading
- about 10 minutes at this band
- Pause questions
- 2
- Words to Know
- 5
- Quick Check
- 8 questions, with the answer key
- Let’s Talk
- 3 questions for afterwards
- Worksheet
- questions, an activity and a drawing prompt
About 35 minutes with one story, all of it.
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