The Jungle Book (Children's Classics)
Language: English
Published by Brimax Books Ltd, London, UK, 1991
Series: Book 1 of 2 - Dyslexie Classics
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Faster Than Light, Balcatta, WA, AustraliaFaster Than Light
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Condition: Used - Very good
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One the great collections of stories for children ; these continue to inspire the terminology of Cubbing and Scouting worldwide. Although originally published in 1894 the work has never been better illustrated than hear by Kincaid. I'm willing to argue this is Kincaid's best work and the Spainish printing shows it off to best effect.
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- Title
- The Jungle Book (Children's Classics)
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Publisher
- Brimax Books Ltd, London, UK
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0861127501
- ISBN 13
- 9780861127504
- Illustrator
- Eric Kincaid
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 715 grams
- Series
- Book 1 of 2: Dyslexie Classics
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Review
"The original stories of The Jungle Book surpass all rollicking Disneyfied expectations. On one level, the Mancub's education is pure entertainment; on another, the jungle is symbolic of Kipling's philosophy of life, a moral playground in which the young learn to swing on the vines of life" (The Times)
"The incantatory text of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books still rewards reading aloud" (Sunday Times)
"Around a century ago, Rudyard Kipling laid the foundations of modern children's literature with works such as The Jungle Book, Just So Stories and Puck of Pook's Hill. Far from the fusty Victorian conventions of the time, they were wild, magnificent stories that felt as though they'd always existed, stories people might have told each other in the caves" (Daily Telegraph)
"So what makes these different to any other set of classics? In a moment of inspiration Random House had the bright idea of actually asking Key stage 2 children what extra ingredients they could add to make children want to read. And does it work? Well, put it this way...my 13-year-old daughter announced that she had to read a book over the summer holiday and, without any prompting, spotted The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas...and proceeded to read it! Now, if you knew my 13-year-old daughter, you would realise that this is quite remarkable. She reads texts, blogs and tags by the thousand - but this is the first book she has read since going to high school, so all hail Vintage Classics!" (National Association for the Teaching of English)
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Faster Than Light
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