Book description
No man's cub can run with the people of the Jungle,' howled Shere
Khan. 'Give him to me!
When Father Wolf and Mother Wolf find a man-cub in the jungle, they
anger the greedy tiger Shere Khan by refusing to surrender it to his
jaws, and rear the child as their own. But when little Mowgli grows
up, the pack can no longer defend him. He must learn the secret of
fire, and with the help of his friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo
the bear, he faces his nemesis at last.
BACKSTORY: Learn about India's jungles and the animals that live there!
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in India in1865 to British
parents, and brought by a Portuguese 'ayah' (nanny) and an Indian
servant, who would entertain him with fabulous stories and Indian
nursery rhymes. He was sent back to England when he was seven years old,
and lived in a boarding house with a couple who were cruelly strict.
Fortunately he returned to India aged 16, to work as the assistant
editor of a newspaper in Lahore. He began publishing stories and poems
and eventually had great success with his book
Plain Tales from the Hills
. After his marriage Kipling settled in America, and it was here that he
wrote
The Jungle Book.
He then moved with his family to England, where he wrote
Just So
Stories
for his daughter Josephine who tragically died of pneumonia. Rudyard
Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 and died on
18 January 1936.
