Rudyard Kipling
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
This collection brings together seventeen of Kipling's early stories, written between 1885 and 1888, when Kipling was working as a journalist in India. Wry comedies of British officialdom alternate with glimpses into the harsh lives of the common soldiers and the Indian poor, revealing Kipling's legendary powers of observation, and in "Baa Baa, Black Sheep" his own miserable childhood. From Mrs. Hauksbee's Simla drawing-room to Mulvaney's cot in barracks,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hesperus
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Offers an insight into the mind of Rudyard Kipling, who upheld the Victorian imperialist values of duty, patriotism and obedience, and yet sympathized with outlaws and children. This memoir describes his bitter childhood years in the 'House of Desolation', his beloved parents and his pride in his own work.
45) The jungle books
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet Classics
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Mowgli, lost in the deep jungle as a child, is adopted into a family of wolves. Hunted by Shere Khan, the Bengal tiger, Mowgli is allowed to run with the wolf pack under the protection of Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the brown bear who teaches wolf cubs the Laws of the Jungle. Through his many adventures, Mowgli evolves from a vengeful member of the pack to a just and compassionate human being who at last returns to join perhaps to lead...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
A selection of Kipling's later stories that range over subjects such as ghosts, hauntings, and the rejoicing of a pioneer motorist on his new-found freedom of the countryside. Two of his most famous uncollected stories are also included: "Proofs of a Holy Writ" and "'Teem', a Treasure Hunter".
52) Rikki-tikki-tavi
Author
Language
English
Description
A courageous mongoose thwarts the evil plans of Nag and Nagaina, two big black cobras who live in the garden.
Author
Publisher
Weathervane
Pub. Date
1978.
Language
English
Description
just So Stories for Little Children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is among Kipling's best known works. Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to his daughter Josephine. These had to be told "just so" (exactly in the words she was used to) or she would complain. The stories describe how one animal...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books, a division of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Into the Jungle is a modern classic in the making, as Katherine Rundell creates charming and compelling origin stories for all Kipling's best-loved characters, from Baloo and Shere Khan to Kaa and Bagheera. As Mowgli travels through the Indian jungle, this brilliantly visual tale, which weaves each short story together into a wider whole, will make readers both laugh and cry. Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, first published by Macmillan in 1894,...
Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment/Family Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
The white seal: An adventure with a valuable lesson about growing up. Take the plunge into the blue waters of Nova Scotia and catch up with the adorable white seal, Kotec, as he learns the mysteries of the deep -- how to follow the tides, escape sharks, and make friends with whales. Kotec faces the greatest challenge of all, humans.
A cricket in Times Square: When a country cricket named Chester finds himself in New York, many strange and wonderful...