The Beginning of the Armadillos

From Just So Stories, by Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling published Just So Stories in 1902. These playful tales explain how animals came to look the way they do. This story is set in the High and Far-Off Times by the Amazon River in South America. Kipling wrote for children of his era, and his warm storytelling voice makes these stories favourites more than a century later. This reader shows how cleverness and friendship can help animals survive—and how working together can change you in surprising ways.

Band

Yellow · Emerging readers, about 6 to 8

Length

medium · about 532 words in 6 sections · 4 pictures

Source

Just so stories, Rudyard Kipling · Project Gutenberg

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

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