The Jungle Book: 8 (Classics Illustrated) - Softcover

Kipling, Rudyard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906814198 ISBN 13: 9781906814199

Publisher: Classic Comic Store Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Kipling's classic story of Mowgli, the boy who was raised by wolves in the Indian Jungle.

Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Rudyard Kipling "If", a poem by Kipling, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

The Classics Illustrated comic book series began life in 1941 with its first issue, Alexandre Dumas' "The Three Musketeers", and has since included over 200 classic tales released around the world. This new edition is specifically tailored to engage and educate young readers with some of the greatest works ever written, while still thrilling older readers who have loving memories of this series of old. Each book contains dedicated theme discussions and study questions to further develop the reader's understanding and enjoyment of the work at hand.

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Review

My senior year in high school, I took a test on "A Tale of Two Cities," a book I had somehow failed to read. What I had read, years before, was the Classics Illustrated version--read it so often that I had the story pretty much by heart. I aced the test...... Classics Illustrated taught me the value of good stories that I otherwise would not have read at all...... children are more ruthless about what they consider entertaining. They don't love books because they think they should. They love stories that deliver, and Classics Illustrated always had the goods. Looks like it still does.

From the Publisher

The tales in the original Jungle Book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes five further stories about Mowgli) are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families and communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle." The best-known of them are the three stories revolving around the adventures of an abandoned 'man cub' Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. The most famous of the other stories are probably "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", the story of a heroic mongoose, and "Toomai of the Elephants", the tale of a young elephant-handler.

About this edition

• Publisher: Classic Comic Store Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1906814198
• ISBN 13: 9781906814199
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48