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The Jungle Book
Contributor(s): Kipling, Rudyard (Author)
ISBN: 0486410242     ISBN-13: 9780486410241
Publisher: Dover Publications
OUR PRICE:   $6.29  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2000
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Annotation: Accounts of a courageous youngster and formidable creatures of the Indian jungle abound in this series of 14 imaginative tales. Mowgli, a boy raised by a wolf pack, learns the lore of the jungle from its inhabitants; Rikki-tikki-tavi, a brave mongoose, defeats a deadly cobra; and more.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Jungle Animals
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 99050285
Lexile Measure: 1140
Series: Dover Children's Evergreen Classics
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.8" W x 7.7" (0.25 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Indian
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

Among the most popular children's books ever written, The Jungle Book (1894) comprises a series of stories about Mowgli, a boy raised in the jungle by a family of wolves after a tiger has attacked and driven off his parents. Threatened throughout much of his young life by the dreaded tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is protected by his adoptive family and learns the lore of the jungle from Baloo, a sleepy brown bear, and Bagheera, the black panther.
Subtle lessons in justice, loyalty, and tribal law pervade these imaginative tales, recounted by a master storyteller with a special talent for entertaining audiences of all ages. Included are such tales as Rikki-tikki-tavi, a story about a brave mongoose and his battle with the deadly cobra Nag; Mowgli's abduction by the monkey people; and Toomai of the Elephants, in which a young boy witnesses a secret ritual and is honored by his tribesmen.
This inexpensive, unabridged edition of The Jungle Book promises to enchant a new generation of young readers, as it recalls to their elders the pleasure of reading or hearing these stories for the first time.