The Jungle Book
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...
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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's secret dance, and Kotick the white seal are all part of Mowgli's extraordinary journey with his animal friends.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140366860 (0140366865)
Publish date: March 1st 1995
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 216
Edition language: English
by Rudyard Kipling The next time someone starts going on about an author "telling" instead of "showing", I'm going to direct them to Rudyard Kipling. There's a reason why it's called telling a story and Kipling does an excellent job of telling us about each of the most important characters that po...
If you're looking for the cutesy tone of the film, or even its recent live-action re-make, look elsewhere, you won't find it here. You might be better off with Winnie-the-Pooh. I had forgotten that several of the tales collected here are not about Mowgli, or the Jungle or even India in some cases ...
Beschreibung Das Dschungelbuch ist eine Kurzgeschichtensammlung in der es um die Abenteuer des kleinen Menschenjungen Mowgli geht, der bei den Wölfen im Dschungel aufwächst und gegen den furchteinflößenden Tiger Shir Kahn kämpft. Aber auch die mitreisende Suche nach einer geschützten Heimat der we...
Puis il se dit: "à quoi bon être homme, si on ne comprend pas le langage de l'homme?
Na starość podobno się dziecinnieje. Może to dlatego, a może po prostu chciałem zasięgnąć do źródeł jednej z ciekawszym bajek z dzieciństwa. Motywy nie są tu najważniejsze, ale faktem sie stało, że sięgnąłem po literaturę dziecięcą. I zaraz się dowiecie, co o niej sądzę. Po pierwsze, jeżeli sądzic...