The new live-action version of The Jungle Book should send lots of children to read Kipling’s stories of Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera – let’s hope so anyway because, to quote Rosemary Sutcliffe, ‘The child who has never run with Mowgli’s wolf pack … has missed something that he will not get from any other writer.’ For invention and sheer excitement, the Mowgli stories are very hard to beat.
The Second Jungle Book contains stories including The King’s Ankuss, in which Mowgli encounters a terrifying White Cobra guarding precious treasure under a ruined city, and Red Dog, possibly the most exciting of all Mowgli stories, which pits him against the red hunting dogs, feared by every other animal.
Real classics, Kipling’s stories will live in readers’ memories and add colour to childhood. ~ Andrea Reece
This is a collection of stories based around the characters of Akela the wolf, Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and Kaa, the big rock python. The stories follow Mowgli, the man cub, through his adolescence until he leaves the law of the jungle and returns to man.
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This is a collection of stories based around the characters of Akela the wolf, Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and Kaa, the big rock python. The stories follow Mowgli, the man cub, through his adolescence until he leaves the law of the jungle and returns to man.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Second Jungle Book and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
The Second Jungle Book features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Classic Literature, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Animal Stories, Adventure Stories, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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The Second Jungle Book was written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Puffin Books
The Second Jungle Book has 288 pages
Yes it is part of Puffin Classics S. series
