The Jungle Books

This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Rudyard Kipling' s immortal The Jungle Books, includes:Complete texts of both The Jungle Book (1894) and The Second Jungle Book (1895)All of the Mowgli stories, plus “ Rikki-tikki-tavi,” “ The White Seal,” and many more tales and poems16 full-color illustrations by Maurice & Edward Detmold, plus more than 60 additional illustrations by William Drake and John Lockwood KiplingAuthor' s Preface and Note on the Names, and a detailed author bioThe Jungle Books collect some of the most beloved children' s stories ever written, since they were first published in magazines starting in 1893. The stories feature Mowgli, a foundling raised in the Seeonee hills of India by a pack of wolves, a wise black panther named Bagheera, and a gruff but lovable bear called Baloo. The books also include the beloved tale of the mongoose “ Rikki-tikki-tavi,” “ The White Seal,” and many more. These stories helped confirm Rudyard Kipling as one of the greatest children' s authors of any era, as well as one of the greatest writers and poets in the English language.