Title:
Jungle Book, The
Genre:
Children’s
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Series:
Disney Storyteller Book & Record
Binding:
Paperback
Narrative:
Alternating Person
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Chapters:
7
Synopsis:
Collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1894. The Second Jungle Book, published in 1895, contains stories linked by poems.
The stories tell mostly of Mowgli, an Indian boy who is raised by wolves from infancy and who learns self-sufficiency and wisdom from the jungle animals.
The book describes the social life of the wolf pack and, more fancifully, the justice and natural order of life in the jungle.
Among the animals whose tales are related in the work are Akela the wolf; Baloo the brown bear; Shere Khan, the boastful Bengal tiger who is Mowgli’s enemy; Kaa the python; Bagheera the panther; and Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose.
ABOUT KIPLING:
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature.
He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old.
Kipling is best-known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (1894) (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King” (1888); and his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The White Man’s Burden (1899) and If— (1910).
He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story”; his children’s books are enduring classics of children’s literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift”.
The stories tell mostly of Mowgli, an Indian boy who is raised by wolves from infancy and who learns self-sufficiency and wisdom from the jungle animals.
The book describes the social life of the wolf pack and, more fancifully, the justice and natural order of life in the jungle.
Among the animals whose tales are related in the work are Akela the wolf; Baloo the brown bear; Shere Khan, the boastful Bengal tiger who is Mowgli’s enemy; Kaa the python; Bagheera the panther; and Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose.
ABOUT KIPLING:
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature.
He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old.
Kipling is best-known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (1894) (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King” (1888); and his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The White Man’s Burden (1899) and If— (1910).
He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story”; his children’s books are enduring classics of children’s literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift”.
Author:
Disney
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Publisher:
The Walt Disney Company
Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:01:17
