Bookplay is a Porridge & Play session where we all listen to a Story and then instead of the Magic Ball we ALL JUMP into the world of a BOOK to have an adventure! The Just-so-John Bookplay stories are by a writer called Rudyard Kipling who was born 160 years ago in India! Rudyard travelled all over the world, which was quite amazing because this was before there were aeroplanes so you could only travel by foot, by boat, by horse, by bicycle  or by train!!   Rudyard's stories for children were inspired by all the different places he saw - a bit like us with our Flying Balloons game! His Just-So stories are about animals in India and Africa! (His most famous children's book is The Jungle Book - which you might have heard of! ) His Just So Stories are about how he imagined some of the animals in the world came to be the way they are - how the camel got his hump? , how the leopard got his spots?, how the whale got his throat? and other questions. Virginia's Dad John loved these Just So Stories when he was a child. When he grew up he read them to his children (including Virginia) and then he read them to his grandchildren! John lived until he was nearly 91! When he died  some [...]