'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 ...
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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.
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that book is so good it made me want to lick my dead meemaws jolly hole.
Margret Soluman
Aug 31, 2022
This book is not good
I bought this book for my child around 2 months ago and when it arrived it had missing pages and a scratched cover. I do not recommend this.
FanOfTimeLifeBooks
Jul 4, 2017
Great Stories, Characters, and Poems
Written in 1894 and 1895 The Jungle Book is a collection of stories featuring some of the most famous characters in literature. Most of these stories are about Mowgli and his relationship with the animals of the Indian jungle. Raised by wolves since an infant, Mowgli grows to be part of the wolf pack and is viewed by the other wolves as such. Mowgli gets along with most of the animals in the jungle; Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear are the main protectors and mentors to Mowgli; however, Shere Khan is the ever present antagonist in this collection of stories. One theme in the book is the struggle Mowgli has with being both a wolf (of sorts) and a human. The subject of this review is the Educator Classic Library version of The Jungle Book; this version contains explanatory notes in the margins, illustrations, and background knowledge on Rudyard Kipling. The quotes, poems, and ballads at the beginning and/or end of each story make this one of most enjoyable books I have ever read. In sum, The Jungle Book contains great stories, memorable characters, and delightful poetry.
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