The Jungle Book
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Mowgli's wonderful life in the jungle with Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear is threatened when the man-eating tiger Shere Khan returns. Bagheera decides to take Mowgli to the Man-village, but the Man-cub runs away. Will Bagheera and Baloo find Mowgli before Shere Khan does?
Along with the riveting story of Mowgli’s coming of age, 'The Jungle Book' also comprises the tales of the exploits of the loyal mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the elephant-driver Little Toomai, as well as an account of the lives of the many animals who labour in the service of Her Majesty.
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was born in India in 1865. After intermittently moving between India and England during his early life, he settled in the latter in 1889, published his novel The Light That Failed in 1891 and married Caroline (Carrie) Balestier the following year. They returned to her home in Brattleboro, Vermont, where Kipling wrote both The Jungle Book and its sequel, as well as Captains Courageous. He continued to write prolifically and was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 but his later years were darkened by the death of his son John at the Battle of Loos in 1915. He died in 1936.
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