The Jungle Book

This was one of my favorite stories from childhood and I must admit that it hasn’t lost its appeal. The Jungle Book is the story of the little man cub who gets separated from his family by the tiger Shere Khan. The little man cub toddles into the wolf pack straight to the strong mother wolf who is charmed by the fearlessness of the naked little creature. Mother Wolf decides they will keep the small cub, name him Mowgli after the frog, and present him to the pack. Of course Mother has to chase off Shere Khan first, which makes Mother very fearsome and the tiger look rather pitiful.Baloo the bear stands for the man cub at council and promises to teach him Jungle Law and Bagheerah the black panther bought Mowgli’s life with the price of one fine large bull.Akela, the wise old leader of the pack decided that it was good to have a man cub in their pack, for they were known to be very clever and fierce. He was sure that one day, the cub that was hunted by the tiger would be the hunter of the tiger and would bring his skin to Council Rock.The personalities of the jungle kingdom were so fun, and I can’t imagine anyone not enjoying this book. It is written in beautiful prose with a loving hand and this will likely not be the last time that I read it.

Multiple short stories, very much enjoyed all. Must read for something new hunters, read and enjoy. What else is there to say.

Cute quick read f a classic book and movie. Recommended classic for sure. Reads pretty identical to the movie which I liked most.

I was very happy to get it that movie is very hard to find and it's so expensive and I got it for a good price Disney movies are always a must buy especially the older ones.

This is the first work I’ve read by Kipling. I thought/assumed it was a novel, but it’s more of a random collection of stories. I took a star off (perhaps unfairly) for that. The second star came off because while each story has merit, and intrigued me as I slid into these worlds, the plots can be random and end abruptly. However, what I love about story is character and Kipling could bring to life a wild boy or mongoose with equal skill.The first story is about Mowgli the boy taken by a tiger from his village and raised by wolves. Kipling’s insight into India during the time of his life is a pleasure to read, except when occasional painful truths from the past glare out (like an occasional racist take).Even though I haven’t read Kipling before, these stories weren’t unfamiliar. Of course I recognized Mowgli and Baloo. I liked that the savagery of the jungle wasn’t glossed over like in the Disney version. For instance Baloo beats on Mowgli—it strikes me as a more truthful version of life in the jungle. The story of Rikki Tikki Tavi was also familiar although it must have been something from childhood because I can’t place where I heard it before. The story of the mongoose is delightful, as is the elephant tale.I loved Kipling’s insight into the intelligence of elephants!Reading The Jungle Book made me curious about Kipling’s other works, some of which make me even more uncomfortable (both If and especially White Man’s Burden). I’m curious now to read the Just So Stories because we’re all a product of the times we live in and it serves no purpose to judge based on our timeline. If we do we lose the chance to learn from the past.

Who doesn't love a Little Golden Book. So happy to get on sale!!!

I don't know if the India that Kipling transmits is the India of his time. But it's a meaningless question. Art, with time, remains more real than the debris left by history: we love and know more about Don Quixote than Charles V. And so the India of Kipling is totally real to me, as are my Indian friends. Except that in Kipling with a touch of the British spirit of its time to, not only control the world, but to make it theirs. If you read the fiction of most of writers from the former countries of the Spanish Empire you will notice that, despite centuries of ancestors living there, they write about nature and natives as if they were something terrible and alien; Kipling instead embrace, and makes us embrace, the whole of India with deep love.Although Disney movies could make you think otherwise, this is a unique book of tales and songs with different protagonists, mostly animals, and certainly not only Mowgli. An exotic book as Bollywood movies are today, with their stories and their dances in between. I loved so much the descriptions of Bagheera, a sensuous shadow of velvet. The jungle so dense and so old. The ocean and the wars to survive in "The white seal." Conflicts fueled by familiar bonds in "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," a tale in which I don't think there is really an enemy. The almost supernatural call in "Toomai of the Elephants." The last one, "Her Majesty's servants", I consider it more comical and maybe satirical. It was nice, but I didn't liked so much as the rest.This AmazonClassics Edition has X-Ray, although when I consult the entry for Rann the kite, it gives me instead the description of a place instead of the character. Also, with many exotic terms, some of them are not explained in the X-Ray section. Maybe they are evident for most of the readers but I would liked to have a bit more data. In the end there is a short biography and that's all. There is no intermediary to spoil the fun, with introductions or studies, to read this great book that you can enjoy and learn at any age.

Thw Jungle Book was my first Disney movie as a child. It has always been my favourite. My nephew is now having a baby. This Book is for him to carry on the love and tradition of Mogli and Baloo

Me la regalaron en VHS cuando era niño y desde entonces la amo, mi película favorita de Disney. Luego me compré la edición especial en dvd. No pude resistir y me compré ahora el bluray.😆 No llegó con cartoncito (ni sé como se llama) que va arriba de la caja de plástico, pero a mí no me importa eso. 10/10 😎👍

The media could not be loaded. More images, also nice 👍Good, for readers 😀The page quality ,value for moneyNice cover design,info.Projapoti rocks,good version.

I love these collectable books, they are extremely small so don’t recommend them for reading, but making for an elegant display on my bookshelf!

Beautiful version of this Rudyard Kipling classic. The colouring of the cover is a little different than pictured and there is less colouring in than I had expected but in all a great book.