Rudyard Kipling was a master story teller to young children... precious short stories such as "How the whale got his throat"
"How the camel got his hump" and many other "Jungle book"  and "Just so" stories......  for older children, "Kim"  Captains Couragous"  and many stories of British India.......  even people in their 2nd childhood enjoy them....
His poems are world famous........ I have his entire collection.......my favorites are "Recessional"  "Tommy" .........
Lewis Brackett