The illustrations in this book include all the main characters, who are complemented by decorative drawings based on Indian designs that invite you to play and be imaginative as you explore scenes from the classic tale.

With quotations from Kipling's original text, this book offers a fun way to relax as you develop your creativity and experience an adventure in the jungle.

Author

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in India in 1865, the son of John Lockwood Kipling, an artist and professor of architectural sculpture at the Jeejeebhoy School of Art, and his wife, Alice. He spent his early childhood in Bombay (now Mumbai), a blissful and happy time in India, full of exotic sights and sounds. His nanny took Rudyard and his younger sister, Alice, on trips to the countryside and local markets. In this way, young Rudyard fell in love with the country and its culture. At the age of six he was sent to England, but returned to India at sixteen, where he joined his parents in Lahore. All the memories of his early years, the sounds, the sights, even the language, which he thought he would have forgotten, came back to him once he found himself back in the country. His love for India, for its people, its culture and way of life, and the creatures he met, inspired him to write TheJungle Book.