The Jungle Book - Hardcover

Barrett, Graham C.; Kipling, Rudyard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1561384755 ISBN 13: 9781561384754

Publisher: Courage Books, 1994

Synopsis

A retelling of a classic favorite combines watercolor illustrations with the story of Mowgli, a boy raised by a family of wolves and his adventures with Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, and Shere Khan the tiger.

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Review:

No child should be allowed to grow up without reading The Jungle Books. Published in 1894 and 1895, the stories crackle with as much life and intensity as ever. Rudyard Kipling pours fuel on childhood fantasies with his tales of Mowgli, lost in the jungles of India as a child and adopted into a family of wolves. Mowgli is brought up on a diet of Jungle Law, loyalty, and fresh meat from the kill. Regular adventures with his friends and enemies among the Jungle-People--cobras, panthers, bears, and tigers--hone this man-cub's strength and cleverness and whet every reader's imagination. Mowgli's story is interspersed with other tales of the jungle, such as "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," lending depth and diversity to our understanding of Kipling's India. In much the same way Mowgli is carried away by the Bandar-log monkeys, young readers will be caught up by the stories, swinging from page to page, breathless, thrilled, and terrified. (Ages 9 to 12)

About this edition

• Publisher: Courage Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1561384755
• ISBN 13: 9781561384754
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 55
• Illustrator: Daily Don