The adventures of Mowgli, the young man raised by wolves in the jungles
of Central India, and his friends Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther
and Kaa the python, as they face the arch villain Shere Khan the tiger,
have become so popular that they have achieved an almost mythical status
throughout the world. They were collected by Kipling in The Jungle Book
and its sequel, The Second Jungle Book, which also contain other stories
set in India which prominently feature animals, such as the well-known
'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi', which describes the struggles of a mongoose against
venomous cobras. Here presented with brand-new illustrations by Ian
Beck, these hugely popular tales, inspired by ancient fables and
Kipling's own experiences in India, form a vivid account of the
relationship between humans and nature, and will continue to inspire
readers young and old.
Originally told by Rudyard Kipling to his children at bedtime, The
Just-So Stories, a compendium of witty tales imagines how animals came
to be as they are now. Discover how the massive whale got a tiny throat
by swallowing a mariner, how the lazy camel got a hump so that he had no
excuse not to work, and why the leopard's spots were painted
on.Kipling's imagination runs wild as he creates charming origin stories
that still enchant and delight children to this day. This edition
features Kipling's iconic original illustrations.
Kimball O'Hara, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier, spends his
childhood on the bustling streets of Lahore, begging and running errands
in order to survive. One day he meets an old Tibetan lama, and he
decides to accompany him on his travels across the Indian subcontinent.
After falling into the hands of his father's old regiment, however, Kim
is separated from the lama and sent away to school. There, his natural
flair for espionage is spotted, and he is soon catapulted among the
majestic peaks of the Himalayas to play his part in the secret service's
confrontation with Russia, the so-called "Great Game". With its peerless
evocation of the teeming cities, breathtaking landscapes and diverse
cultures of late-nineteenth-century India, Kim is widely considered to
be Kipling's masterpiece and one of the greatest novels written in the
English language.
