by Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Robert Ingpen

 

Rescued as an infant from Shere Khan, the tiger with the blazing eyes, Mowgli is brought up by the Laws of the Jungle. He learns how to hunt and how to speak the languages of the Jungle creatures.

 

But Mowgli is a man, and as he grows up he learns that he must take his place among his own kind. First, though, he must face his life-long enemy to discover who is the true King of the Jungle.

 

Kipling's animal favourites are brought to life in stunning illustrations by the award-winning illustrator, Robert Ingpen.

 

Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865. Although educated in England, he returned to India as an adult and worked as a journalist. There, he produced stories, sketches and poems that made him a literary celebrity when he returned to England in 1889.

 

Robert Ingpen, an Australian, was awarded the coveted Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his contribution to children's literature in 1986.

 

Hard cover. 192 pages.

 

Age 10+