Illustrated Kipling Classics (Alma Classics Junior): Kim / Just So Stories / the Jungle Books

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Brand: Alma Classics

Edition: Illustrated

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 1000

PartNumber: Illustrations, unspecified

Release Date: 25-09-2019

Details: Product Description A great collection to include The Jungle Books, The Just-So Stories and Kim. The Jungle Books contains The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. All the stories are set in India and feature animals. They include the well-known Rikki-Tikki-Tavi , which describes the struggles of a mongoose against venomous cobras. Originally told by Rudyard Kipling to his children at bedtime, this compendium of witty tales, The Just So Stories, imagines how animals came to be as they are now. Discover how the massive whale got a tiny throat by swallowing a mariner, how the lazy camel got a hump so that he had no excuse not to work, and why the leopard s spots were painted on. In Kim, Kimball O'Hara, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier, spends his childhood on the bustling streets of Lahore, begging and running errands in order to survive. One day he meets an old Tibetan lama, and he decides to accompany him on his travels across the Indian subcontinent. After falling into the hands of his father s old regiment, however, Kim is separated from the lama and sent away to school. There, his natural flair for espionage is spotted, and he is soon catapulted among the majestic peaks of the Himalayas to play his part in the secret service's confrontation with Russia, the so-called Great Game. ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Classics Junior series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz. About the Author Famous for his tales of adventure in British India, Rudyard Kipling (1865 1936) is one of the most popular writers of all time and the first English-speaking recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

EAN: 9780714549545

Model: Illustrations, unspecified

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Item Condition: New