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Into the Jungle

By: Katherine Rundell, Kristjana S Williams
Narrated by: Nicole Arumugam
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Into the Jungle is a modern classic in the making, as Katherine Rundell creates charming and compelling origin stories for all Kipling's best-known characters, from Baloo and Shere Khan to Kaa and Bagheera. As Mowgli travels through the Indian jungle, this brilliantly visual tale, which weaves each short story together into a wider whole, will make readers both laugh and cry.

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, first published by Macmillan in 1894, is one of the most enduring books of children's literature, delighting generations of children. Katherine Rundell has taken this as the basis of her new and enchanting tale, sharing the early years of favourite characters and informing the creatures they become in Kipling's classic, with stories about family and friendship, loyalty and jungle law, and a final battle which will decide the future of the forest.

 Action & Adventure Animals Animals & Nature Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Fiction Literature & Fiction Short Story Feel-Good

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Critic reviews

These beginnings resonate with echoes of Kipling’s original and Just So Stories. They are written with mischievous scatological jokes, lively action and characteristic precision and surprise, because, as Baloo says, language “matters more than anything else”. The stories savour the profusion of the rainforest, as do Williams’s spectacularly lavish collages of engravings of animals and plants.
Witty, charming and steeped in the harsh truth of nature, this is an absolute must for all Jungle Book fans, young or old.
The magnificent Rundell, [...] takes on Rudyard Kipling with these inventive back stories for everyone from Shere Khan to Baloo.
Rundell may have created a new classic collection of tales.
Created a new set of tales for a new generation
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We totally loved this book, the whole family enjoyed it so much. All the stories were engaging and original. It was hard to find a place to stop reading each evening. My son said that he loved it as much as a balloon! And that is high praise 😂😂😂

Kipling reborn!

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this book is everything a fan of the original jungle books 1 and 2 could wish for. five great tales. having loved the jungle books for years, and read both the original, as well as heard many dramatic adaptations, i was keen to get hold of this book. I loved every minute of the tales.

lovely prequel to the jungle book stories.

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We all thoroughly enjoyed these stories. Silence in the back of the car for the duration from 8year olds is always a good sign!

Superb

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