The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling

...me I would have associated The Jungle Book, with the Disney film of the same name. It was not until I actually read the book, that I realised just how different it was to the film. In fact, The Jungle Book is not just one story, but a collection of short stories and poems, all of which focus on the animal world. ---The Book--- My copy of The Jungle Book, is a hardback edition published by The Children's Golden Library and features a picture of ...
...a shorter read, especially with the fact that each story can be read in less than half an hour. ---The stories--- The story that everyone remembers is the one that the Disney film focussed on, which is that of Mowgli, the man cub and his battle against Shere-Khan the lame and vicious man-eating tiger. And indeed this is the story the book starts with, but if you are thinking it's going to be like the film, think again. The actual story is much ...

sandemp 26.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling

I think I may be the only person in the entire world who doesn't like the Jungle Book. Okay, so the kids versions of it are all well and good, but the book itself is a chore to read. The different chapters seem to be entirely unrelated. The book follows an illogical structure, and is very difficult to read. Not only is it drenched in references to Kipling's own time and society, but it is not easy to read in, for example, the way Dickens is, and ...
...Whilst the cartoon adaption is fun, easy going and follows a story, the book seems to do the complete opposite. Quite frankly, if I'd had the choice, I'd have stopped reading after the first two chapters, but I had to read it for a uni course, so I couldn't. ...

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Review of The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling

...reading this, i felt that the story needed to be modanized or updated somewhat. Im sure that for RK's time it was a brilliant read and a bit of a break through but nowadays i feel rather indifferent to it. Kipling did create and develop some outstanding characters on one hand including Mowgli - the toughened 'man cub' Baloo - a great teacher of 'the Law of the Jungle' Kaa - Mowgli's friend and enemy of all Monkeys. The Monkeys - the over indulgent, ...
...to Kill mowgli, often bends the laws of the jungle. Did you know than the word Mowgli means: 'The Frog'?! Well it does. We also meet new characters such as The White Seal and Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose! This is a great novel for all Rudyard fanatics, but those indifferent or unfamiliar to his work i would not strongly recommend it. Having said that i did enjoy reading it but i'm just not sure that it would appeal to most people. i hope i ...

twilliams 21.01.2004 · Read full review
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Review of The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling

INSPERATION FOR THE SCOUT MOVEMENT AND MANY FILMS THIS IS A CLASSIC CHILDRENS STORY BASED IN THE WILDS OF THE AFFICAN JUNGLE IT TELLS THE STORY OF A LITTLE LOTS BOY GROWING UP WITH A PACK OF WOLVES I HAVE READ THE BOOK, LISENED TO THE AUDIO BOOK AND SEEN THE FILM AND THEY ARE ALL MAGICAL EXPERIENCES, WOULD RECOMMEND TO ANY CHILD OVER 8 AND ADULTS WHO ENJOY A GOOD READ IN AN EVER INCREASING GLOBLE WORLD WERE THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE MUCH WILD ...

TIMPRICE123 22.04.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling