The Jungle Book (Walker Illustrated Classics) - Softcover

Kipling, Rudyard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406304786 ISBN 13: 9781406304787

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Walker Ilustrated Classics is a new series which brings together some of the best-loved stories ever told, illustrated by some of today's finest artists.

First published over a century ago, these three stories about the man-cub Mowgli have delighted adults and children ever since. The stories tell of Mowgli s upbringing among the wolves; his lessons in the Law of the Jungle from Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and Kaa the python; his kidnap by the Monkey People and his clash with the evil tiger, Shere Khan. I

About this title

About the Authors

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.

Nicola Bayley is a gifted illustrator best known for her loving, detailed illustrations of cats. Nicola studied Graphic Design at St Martin’s College and then Illustration at the Royal College of Art. She specialised in cats and has illustrated a wide rand of children’s books including "The Necessary Cat", "Katje the Windmill Cat", "The Curious Cat" and an extravagant new edition of Rudyard Kipling’s classic "The Jungle Book". Her work is both admired and acclaimed. In 2001, Nicola was short listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal for "Katje the Windmill Cat" and "The Mousehole Cat" was the winner of the British Book Award for the Illustrated Children's Book of the Year and the British Design Production Award (Children's Books).

Edition details

• Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1406304786
• ISBN 13: 9781406304787
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Bayley Nicola
• Number of pages: 160