The Jungle Books (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) FROM OUR EDITORS
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FROM THE PUBLISHER
Action, adventure, and excitement spill from the pages of Rudyard
Kipling’s best-loved collections of stories, The Jungle
Books. Set in magical, mysterious India, these tales of people and
animals living together--though not always harmoniously--in the world of
nature have appealed equally to children and adults since their first
appearance more than a century ago. Most focus on Mowgli, a boy raised by
wolves. As Baloo the sleepy brown bear, Bagheera the cunning black
panther, Kaa the python, and his other animal friends teach their beloved
“man-cub” the ways of the jungle, Mowgli gains the strength
and wisdom he needs for his frightful fight with Shere Khan, the tiger
who robbed him of his human family. But there are also the tales of
Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose and his “great war” against the
vicious cobras Nag and Nagaina; of Toomai, who watches the elephants
dance; and of Kotick the white seal, who swims in the Bering Sea. This
edition includes both the original Jungle Book (1894) and The
Second Jungle Book (1895), written in response to the
original’s enormous success.
Lisa Makman is visiting Assistant Professor of English at the
University of Michigan. Her teaching and research focus on Victorian
culture and children’s and adolescent literature.
Features numerous illustrations
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