The Jungle Book

by Alex A. Blum (Adaptor, Illustrator), Rudyard Kipling

Retells the classic story in a graphic novel with study guide

Paperback

Published August 1, 1997

Reviews

[Jess the Shelf-Declared Bibliophile · Rating 5 out of 5]

Check out my review on the main version of the book!

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[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another example of why this series is so good. Not only is Kipling's The Jungle Book reduced to three of the stories from the series "Mowgli's Brothers," "The King's Ankus," and "Red Dog" (in order to move the focus towards Mowgli's character but also to show different stages of Mowgli's development), but it also gives unbiased and critical commentary about Kipling and his work. Feeley openly acknowledges Kipling's prejudiced politics and the ebbs and flows of Kipling's reception of his work (based on said political leanings). He also gives additional excerpts that were excluded from the dialog pieces included in this abridged version as well as a better look at the overall layout of the original two books as they were first published.

This would serve as a good introduction for younger readers to Kipling's work, as it gives reasons for why it should be lauded as well as where its downfalls are.