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The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1)

Rudyard Kipling

Start date: December 1, 2017

Finish date: December 31, 2017

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Feb 16, 2019 Amanda rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, classics, format-audible, ap-literature, 4-stars

Spring 2019, audiobook:

Guuuhhh. This was multicast and it made the experience SO Magical. I loved every bit of it, and it was glorious to watch myself transition from moments of "Ah ha! I remember that section from reading it in my early twenties" to just wistful sighing, and falling in love with the character as himself, and all those around him. I love the poetry pieces that begin to appear in the later third of the book, and the music put throughout it, and the ending quote from our beloved ...more

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Jan 04, 2016 Mary Paul rated it it was amazing

Shelves: world-s-best-kids-books

Splendid! Reminds me so of my childhood

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Jul 05, 2009 Jenna Scribbles rated it liked it

Very cute. I love children's classics. This one was more of a collection of short stories. I can't belive I haven't read this one before.

It took me a bit longer to finish this one because I was reading it on my phone. So I'd pick it up while waiting for appointments, at lunch at work at times, etc.. It was a little hard on the eyes but I think I will select another story and load it.

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