Step into the wildest adventure with J. R. Kipling’s The Jungle Book, illustrated by M. & E. Detmold. Follow Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves, as he discovers the art of survival and harmony among animals.When Mowgli loses his parents to a vicious tiger attack in a deep forest in India, he is taken in by a pack of wolves. Adopted by the Wolf Mother Raksha and their leader Akela, young Mowgli learns to adapt to the jungle life and becomes best friends with Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, who know the ways of men well and will do anything to protect the boy. But when Shere Khan, a tiger who hates humans with a passion, returns to hunt down Mowgli, Bagheera decides the boy should return to civilization. Mowgli is torn between leaving behind his beloved jungle and animal companions, but their adventures teach him valuable lessons about survival and life in the jungle. When he reaches the nearby human village at last, Mowgli will have to make an impossible choice. Can he bid farewell to the animal friends he’s come to know as his family just to save his life? Find out in this brand-new edition with exclusive features, 16 first-edition, high-quality illustrations by two of America's most talented illustrators, M. & E. Detmold.A fun quiz to test your knowledge about Mowgli and the main characters with facts and trivia at the end of the book.A brand-new cover design for your collection.Carefully designed typesetting for comfortable reading for young and adult readers. The Jungle Book is a timeless tale about friendship and the importance of respecting nature. Enjoy your own copy of this ode to nature’s wonders – an enduring masterpiece that has captivated readers across generations!
Author
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). His poems include Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The Gods of the Copybook Headings (1919), 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 classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift". Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, at the age of 41, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, both of which he declined. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author." Kipling kept writing until the early 1930s, but at a slower pace and with much less success than before. On the night of 12 January 1936, Kipling suffered a haemorrhage in his small intestine. He underwent surgery, but died less than a week later on 18 January 1936 at the age of 70 of a perforated duodenal ulcer. Kipling's death had in fact previously been incorrectly announced in a magazine, to which he wrote, "I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers."
