Mowgli's Brothers - Hardcover

Rudyard Kipling

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0886824885 ISBN 13: 9780886824884

Publisher: Creative Education, 1992

Synopsis

Presents an adventure of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves and the wild animals of the Indian jungle.

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Reviews

Grade 3-6-This oversized volume, containing a single story from Kipling's Jungle Book, is illustrated with black-and-white wood engravings, ranging in size from full page to small depictions of a single animal or plant. While the style won't immediately appeal to children, Wormell, a master of the medium, has created some memorable images, such as Akela, leader of the wolves, lying on his rock before the gathered pack; or Mowgli hunkered down among the wolves, picking burrs from their fur. The paper, which is a heavy, textured stock, changes every few pages from muted green to orange to shades of gray. Unfortunately, since the engravings are rather dark, there is not always sufficient contrast to see the details easily. In fact, the pictures on the endpapers, which are on muted orange stock printed with a slightly brighter ink, are all but indistinguishable. The text, in rather small type, is arranged in a narrow column, bound by a thin gray line on the left side. Even when small illustrations are added, there is at least as much margin as printing on each page. Although interesting, this offering has a formal elegance that is likely to appeal more to adults than to children.
Karen James, Louisville Free Public Library, KY
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Creative Education
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0886824885
• ISBN 13: 9780886824884
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 62