The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling's classic story of Mowgli, a young boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, is brought to life in this brand new slipcase edition. Follow Mowgli as he embarks on a series of incredible adventures and meets a cast of unforgettable characters along the way, such as Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther and Shere Khan the tiger. This beautiful book features striking new full-color paintings by talented Croatian illustrator Seb Camagajevac. It is sure to enchant young readers aged 8 and up.

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in Bombay in December 1865. He returned to India from England shortly before his seventeenth birthday, to work as a journalist first on the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore, then on the Pioneer at Allahabad. The poems and stories he wrote over the next seven years laid the foundation of his literary reputation, and soon after his return to London in 1889 he found himself world-famous. Throughout his life his works enjoyed great acclaim and popularity, but he came to seem increasingly controversial because of his political opinions, and it has been difficult to reach literary judgements unclouded by partisan feeling.