R. Kipling is an internationally renowned writer, the first British author to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote fairy tales for his daughter Josephine, and when the girl died of pneumonia at the age of six, Kipling compiled a collection of twelve fairy tales and released it in 1902 in memory of his beloved. These tales about ancient times, when the first wild animals appeared, have been translated into almost all languages, and children in all countries enjoy reading them. This book includes seven fairy tales translated by the wonderful children's writers Korney Chukovsky and Samuel Marshak.