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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
The Jungle Book is a collection of seven stories, three of which (my favorites) center on Mowgli. Mowgli is a human child raised by wolves in the jungle. Mowgli learns how to survive in the jungle from his animal teachers.

The laws of the jungle are clear and the consequences of not obeying them are stark: generally death or death-like exclusion from the group.

I've never seen the movies and I knew little about the book until I began to listen to the audiobook this week. I wasn't as captivated b
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Mary Paul
Jan 04, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Splendid! Reminds me so of my childhood
Dries
Nov 09, 2015 marked it as to-read
Mary Paul
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Sarah
Nov 29, 2016 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics, nrpg
Doug Geivett
Sep 30, 2018 marked it as to-read
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