The Jungle Books

By Rudyard Kipling and John Lockwood Kipling

Book Overview

Rudyard Kipling's beloved collection of short stories about a boy raised by wolves who learns the Laws of the Jungle. Mowgli, lost in the deep jungle as a child, is adopted into a family of wolves. Hunted by Shere Khan, the Bengal tiger, Mowgli is allowed to run with the wolf pack under the protection of Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the brown bear who teaches wolf cubs the Laws of the Jungle. Through his many adventures, Mowgli evolves from a man-cub to a just and compassionate human being who at last returns to join--perhaps to lead--his own kind. W. Somerset Maugham calls Kipling "our greatest short story writer," and in The Jungle Books , he says, Kipling's "great and varied gifts find their most brilliant expression." His most famous work effortlessly captures the imagination and has inspired beloved film adaptations, including Disney's The Jungle Book , as well as readers the world over. With an Introduction by Alberto Manguel and an Afterword by Alev Lytle Croutier

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451419189
• ISBN13: 9780451419187
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.3" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Not just Mowgli and his jungle friends, much more

A classic telling various stories primarily set in India, but going to other locales on occasion, it isn't an adventure in the traditional sense, but evokes a similar mindset of seeking out the dangers that lurk in nature, even incorporating yourself as Mowgli does. And while Mowgli's story dominates the general structure, you also get side stories unrelated to that about other animals making their way in the world and overcoming some challenge, such as Rikki Tikki Tavi or The White Seal. Not only good as a bridge to longer books that have an overarching story because they're more short stories, but also an introduction to Kipling's style that incorporates poetry/song as needed.