Book #1: The Jungle Book vol 1 by Rudyard Kipling
Set in faraway India and the Aleutians, the animals and humans who inhabit Kipling's Jungle Books have been children's favorites for generations. Book I introduces the black panther Bagheera, the lame and evil tiger Shere Khan, the rock python Kaa, the brown bear Baloo who teaches the wolf cubs the Law of the Jungle, the man cub Mowgli who lives with the wolves, Toomai of the elephants, and many others. Though the stories and characters are exotic, the themes they address are universal ones: courage, loyalty, and adventure. Stories include: "Mowgli's Brothers," "Kaa's Hunting," "Tiger-Tiger!", "The White Seal," "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," "Toomai of the Elephants," and "Servants of the Queen."
It's very good. I liked it. Rated it a 4/5 because of the really just glaring spelling errors and the fact that we now know that that's just not how some science works. A bit of it was over my head as I am not familiar with the intricacies of India at all, but overall I loved the story. I am super excited to get to volume 2 for my favorite story of all time as a child.
Set in faraway India and the Aleutians, the animals and humans who inhabit Kipling's Jungle Books have been children's favorites for generations. Book I introduces the black panther Bagheera, the lame and evil tiger Shere Khan, the rock python Kaa, the brown bear Baloo who teaches the wolf cubs the Law of the Jungle, the man cub Mowgli who lives with the wolves, Toomai of the elephants, and many others. Though the stories and characters are exotic, the themes they address are universal ones: courage, loyalty, and adventure. Stories include: "Mowgli's Brothers," "Kaa's Hunting," "Tiger-Tiger!", "The White Seal," "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," "Toomai of the Elephants," and "Servants of the Queen."
This one wasn't nearly as impressive as the first one. Mostly because Mowgli wasn't part of it. I don't know. These ones didn't get rated nearly as highly as the others. Perhaps I'll like Kim better than these?
It's very good. I liked it. Rated it a 4/5 because of the really just glaring spelling errors and the fact that we now know that that's just not how some science works. A bit of it was over my head as I am not familiar with the intricacies of India at all, but overall I loved the story. I am super excited to get to volume 2 for my favorite story of all time as a child.
Book #2: The Jungle Books vol 2 by Rudyard Kipling
Set in faraway India and the Aleutians, the animals and humans who inhabit Kipling's Jungle Books have been children's favorites for generations. Book I introduces the black panther Bagheera, the lame and evil tiger Shere Khan, the rock python Kaa, the brown bear Baloo who teaches the wolf cubs the Law of the Jungle, the man cub Mowgli who lives with the wolves, Toomai of the elephants, and many others. Though the stories and characters are exotic, the themes they address are universal ones: courage, loyalty, and adventure. Stories include: "Mowgli's Brothers," "Kaa's Hunting," "Tiger-Tiger!", "The White Seal," "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," "Toomai of the Elephants," and "Servants of the Queen."This one wasn't nearly as impressive as the first one. Mostly because Mowgli wasn't part of it. I don't know. These ones didn't get rated nearly as highly as the others. Perhaps I'll like Kim better than these?
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