The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling, Kurt Wiese, W. H. Drake

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Everyman's Library
25 November 1994

Children's & Educational; Classic fiction (Children's&YA)

Series: Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS

Among the best loved of all classics for children are the tales of Mowgli, the boy who learned the law of the jungle as he grew up among a pack of wolves in India's Seeonee Hills. First published in 1894, the book imagines a child living and flourishing in a community of animals - an idea that perhaps had its origin in Kipling's unhappy childhood. 'His stories are not animal stories in the realistic sense; they are wonderful, beautiful fairy tales, ' wrote Ernest Thompson Seton, the great Canadian naturalist. Kurt Wiese's illustrations, commissoned by the American firm of Doubleday in 1932, have never appeared in Britain before. An artist with a particular interest in animals and an amazing visual memory, he remembered all he had observed on his travels in the Far East during the early 1900s, first as a salesman in China and then as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese.

By: Rudyard Kipling
Illustrated by: Kurt Wiese, W. H. Drake
Imprint: Everyman's Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 483g
ISBN: 9781857159325
ISBN 10: 1857159322
Series: Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 25 November 1994
Recommended Age: From 2 to 12
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Jungle Book

Children who have seen the film version of The Jungle Book will be captivated by the spell of Kipling's storytelling. Likewise the wonderful Just So Stories - How the Alphabet Became, The Elephant's Child, The Cat that Walked by Himself, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, the camel his hump, the leopard his spots and many more - never fail to delight. Both are given a fresh interpretation by Michael Foreman's black-and-white drawings and exquisite colour plates in these special editions. (8-12 yrs) (Kirkus UK)

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Rudyard Kipling, Kurt Wiese, W. H. Drake

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