Oh my, what an absolute treasure this is. Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book was first published in 1894 and now, over 120 years later, it’s still capturing imaginations. This collectable, clothbound edition is not only complete and unabridged but has the addition of stunning interactive illustrations by London design studio MinaLima. The attention to detail is breath-taking and as you wander through Kipling’s wonderful prose and verse, you’ll discover page after page of treasures including detailed maps, pull out figures and a spinning dial of the elephant dance. This is a truly wonderful edition that will be a delight for friends of the stories old and new. It is a book to read, to explore and to simply hold and admire the beautiful illustrations inspired by this timeless story that continues to bring generations together.
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'The Jungle Book' (1894) is a collection of stories by the English writer Rudyard Kipling. In this book most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and the Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or 'man-cub' Mowgli, who is brought-up in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India, 'Seonee' (Seoni), in the Madhya Pradesh. Mowgli learns how to live in the jungle with the help of all of his animal family. Shere Khan tries to get the younger wolves to keep out Mowgli and Mowgli realises it's time for him to move on from his jungle family. Before Mowgli quits, Bagheera says him to get the Red Flower from outside the house of a man. The animals are too afraid to use the Red Flower, Mowgli hits Shere Khan with a fire stick and afraids him away from the mountain. Mowgli then quits the mountain and promises to return with Shere Khan's skin. After leaving the mountain, Mowgli goes to the village where the people live. When he gets to the village he is saved by a woman named Messua and her husband who think that Mowgli is their lost son who was taken by a tiger. A important theme in the book is desertion followed by fostering, as in the life of Mowgli, copying Kipling's own childhood. It is the tale of Mowgli and his adventures, his friendship with Bagheera, the black panther and the wolf pack, and his enmity with Shere Khan, the tiger.
The Jungle Book features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary, Sharing Diverse Voices, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
The Jungle Book is available in Hardback, Paperback
The Jungle Book was written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Double 9 Books an imprint of Repro India Limited
The Jungle Book has 134 pages
£11.69
