{"product_id":"the-jungle-books-paperback-2","title":"The Jungle Books - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRudyard Kipling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlberto Manguel\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eAlev Lytle Croutier\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRudyard Kipling's beloved collection of short stories about a boy raised by wolves who learns the Laws of the Jungle.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMowgli, lost in the deep jungle as a child, is adopted into a family of wolves. Hunted by Shere Khan, the Bengal tiger, Mowgli is allowed to run with the wolf pack under the protection of Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the brown bear who teaches wolf cubs the Laws of the Jungle. Through his many adventures, Mowgli evolves from a man-cub to a just and compassionate human being who at last returns to join--perhaps to lead--his own kind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eW. Somerset Maugham calls Kipling \"our greatest short story writer,\" and in \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle Books\u003c\/i\u003e, he says, Kipling's \"great and varied gifts find their most brilliant expression.\" His most famous work effortlessly captures the imagination and has inspired beloved film adaptations, including Disney's \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle Book\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as readers the world over. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by Alberto Manguel\u003cbr\u003eand an Afterword by Alev Lytle Croutier\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRudyard Kipling\u003c\/b\u003e (1865-1936) was born in Bombay, the son of an Anglo-Indian professor of architectural sculpture. There he was brought up in the care of \"ayahs,\" or native nurses, who taught him Hindustani and the native lore that always haunted his imagination and can be seen reflected in \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle Books\u003c\/i\u003e. At the age of six, he was sent to England. At twelve, he was sent to a school at Westward Ho!, the scene of \u003ci\u003eStalky \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1883, he returned to India and embarked on a career in journalism, writing the news stories as well as the tales and ballads that began to make his reputation. After seven years, he went back to England, the literary star of the hour. He married an American and stayed in Vermont off and on from 1892 to 1894. Then he returned to the English countryside, where he remained, except for a few trips abroad, for the rest of his life. The author of innumerable stories and poems, Rudyard Kipling is best known for \u003ci\u003eSoldiers Three \u003c\/i\u003e(1888), \u003ci\u003eThe Light That Failed \u003c\/i\u003e(1890), \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle Books\u003c\/i\u003e (1894-95), \u003ci\u003eCaptains Courageous\u003c\/i\u003e (1897), \u003ci\u003eStalky \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/i\u003e. (1899), \u003ci\u003eKim\u003c\/i\u003e (1901), and \u003ci\u003eJust So Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (1902). Among many other honors, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlberto Manguel\u003c\/b\u003e is a Canadian citizen born in Buenos Aires who settled in France. He is a member of the Canadian Writers' Union, PEN, and a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, and he has been named an Officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Liège in Belgium and the Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, England. He has been the recipient of numerous prizes, including the Prix Médicis essay prize (France) for \u003ci\u003eA History of Reading\u003c\/i\u003e, the McKitterick prize (England) for his novel \u003ci\u003eNews from a Foreign Country Came\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Grinzane Cavour prize (Italy) for \u003ci\u003eA Reading Diary\u003c\/i\u003e. He also won the Germán Sánchez Ruipérez Prize (Spain) and the Prix Roger Caillois prize (France) for the ensemble of his work, which has been translated into more than thirty languages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlev Lytle Croutier\u003c\/b\u003e, whose books have been translated into twenty-one languages, is the only woman novelist from Turkey to be published extensively worldwide. She is the author of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eHarem: The World Behind the Veil\u003c\/i\u003e, novels such as\u003ci\u003e The Palace of Tears\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeven Houses \u003c\/i\u003eand, for young readers, American Girl's \u003ci\u003eLeyla: The Black Tulip\u003c\/i\u003e. 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