false 50339198 85857 1082369 159308109X 9781593081096 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180834436m/1082369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180834436s/1082369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1082369.The_Jungle_Books 3.83 29 The Jungle Books. Published in 1894 and 1895, the stories crackle with as much life and intensity as ever. Rudyard Kipling pours fuel on childhood fantasies with his tales of Mowgli, lost in the jungles of India as a child and adopted into a family of wolves. Mowgli is brought up on a diet of Jungle Law, loyalty, and fresh meat from the kill. Regular adventures with his friends and enemies among the Jungle-People--cobras, panthers, bears, and tigers--hone this man-cub's strength and cleverness and whet every reader's imagination. Mowgli's story is interspersed with other tales of the jungle, such as "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," lending depth and diversity to our understanding of Kipling's India. In much the same way Mowgli is carried away by the Bandar-log monkeys, young readers will be caught up by the stories, swinging from page to page, breathless, thrilled, and terrified. (Ages 9 to 12)]]> 6989 3.88 15435 1179 1894 5 0 false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 16:49:08 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 22:14:47 -0700 2009