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Category:ChildrenChildren FictionChildren Classics-Ccf
Publisher: Readings | ISBN: 9789699903267 | Pages: 182

SEEONEE WOLF PACK FINDS MOWGLI, A FEARLESS LITTLE CHILD, NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE CAVE THEY LIVE IN. MOTHER WOLF INSTANTLY DEVELOPS A LIKING FOR THE "MAN S CUB", AS SHE CALLS HIM, AND HAPPILY BRINGS HIM UP. MOWGLI BEFRIENDS BAGHEERA, THE BLACK PANTHER, AND BALOO, THE BROWN BEAR, WHO INITIATE HIM INTO THE LAWS OF JUNGLE. FINALLY, MOWGLI IS READY TO FIGHT SHERE KHAN, THE LION, WHO HAD KILLED HIS PARENTS. APART FROM MOWGLI S STORY, THE JUNGLE BOOK HAS MANY OTHER FAMOUS STORIES TO TELL INCLUDING "TOOMAI OF THE ELEPHANTS AND "RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI."

About the Author

Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 30 December 1865. Having spent his early childhood in India Kipling went to study in England but returned to India at the age of 18 and joined as an assistant editor the Civil and Military Gazette, a small newspaper in Lahore. It was during his Lahore days that Kipling published his first book. He drew inspiration for most of his writings including the famous Jungle Books from India. He was a writer par excellence and wrote both prose and verse for adults and children alike prolifically. He was awarded the bel Prize in Literature in 1907. Kipling died in London on 18 January 1936.