The Jungle Book (Puffin Classics)

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Rudyard Kipling

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4 years, 10 months ago at Jul 9 12:46

tartan_skirt

I just read this for the first time because it was on the reading list for my second year Eng Lit course and I'm glad I did. I found it very interesting for a children’s story book, and it also makes you very aware that a lot of kids books these days barely touch upon deeper issues as works like these used to. Kipling's imperialist background shows through in the undertones of the work, making f... read more

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Description: This is the classic story of friendship between man and beast. Saved from the jaws of the evil tiger Shere Khan, young Mowgli is adopted by a wolf pack and taught the law of the jungle by lovable old Baloo the bear and Bhageera the panther. The adventures of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the snake-fighting mongoose, little Toomai and the elephant' ... (more)

Manufacturer : Puffin Classics
Release date : 30 June 1994
ISBN-10 : 0140366865 | ISBN-13: 9780140366860

Snake (2), Tiger (2), Monkey (2), Orphan (2), Primate (2), Collection (2), Panther (2), Fable (2), Mongoose (2), Short Story (2), Children's Literature (2), Elephant (2), Bird (2), Poetry (2), Big Cat (2), Mule (2), Illustrated (2), Camel (2), Wolf (2), Seal (1)

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tartan_skirt posted a review 4 years, 10 months ago

The Jungle Book

“I just read this for the first time because it was on the reading list for my second year Eng Lit course and I'm glad I did. I found it very interesting for a children’s story book, and it also makes you very aware that a lot of kids books these days barely touch upon deeper issues as works like these used to. Kipling's imperialist background shows through in the undertones of the work, making for an interesting work to read from both a storytelling perspective and that of a literary and historical study.

Now to find the second collection of stories...” read more

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