The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont. All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894-5, often under different titles. The book is less well-known than the original. (Source: Wikipedia)

A wild world. A human boy. An unforgettable journey. Step into the lush, mysterious jungles of India with Rudyard Kipling's beloved masterpiece, The Jungle Book. Follow the adventures of Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves, as he learns life's harsh and beautiful lessons from his animal mentors—Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, and the cunning tiger Shere Khan. This timeless classic is more than just a tale for children—it's a rich fable about courage, belonging, and the harmony between man...

Weland's Sword Puck's Song A Tree Song Young Men at the Manor Sir Richard's Song The Knights of the Joyous Venture Harp Song of the Dane Women Thorkild's Song Old Men at Pevensey The Runes on Weland's Sword A Centurion of the Thirtieth 'Cities and Thrones and Powers' A British-Roman Song On the Great Wall A Song to Mithras The Winged Hats A Pict Song Hal o' the Draft 'Prophets have honour all over the Earth' A Smugglers' Song 'Dymchurch Flit' The Bee Boy's Song A Three-Part Song The Treasu...

A 19th-century English family discovers a young mongoose half drowned from a flood. They revive it and decide to keep it as a pet. The young mongoose, named Rikki Tikki Tavi, finds himself confronted by two dangerous king cobras, Nag and his even more dangerous wife Nagin, who had the run of the garden while the house was unoccupied. The exciting adventures of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the little mongoose, will be a wonderful teacher of true love, devoted friendship, real courage ...

The children were at the Theatre, acting to Three Cows as much as they could remember of Midsummer Night’s Dream. Their father had made them a small play out of the big Shakespeare one, and they had rehearsed it with him and with their mother till they could say it by heart. They began where Nick Bottom the weaver comes out of the bushes with a donkey’s head on his shoulder, and finds Titania, Queen of the Fairies, asleep. Then they skipped to the part where Bottom asks three little fairies t...

From The Jungle Book, this is the story of the loyal mongoose, Rikk-Tikki-Tavi, and the lengths to which he must go to protect his adoptive human family.

Rudyard Kipling: Collected Works presents a comprehensive anthology of one of the most significant literary figures of the British Empire. This collection showcases Kipling's masterful command of narrative and verse, offering readers a deep dive into the intricate interplay of adventure, colonialism, and the human condition that characterize his works. From the poignant tales of "The Jungle Book" to the striking poems that grapple with themes of imperialism and identity, Kipling amalgamate...

This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books, stories and poems. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biograph...

Venture into the depths of the jungle with Mowgli, the “man cub”, Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, an Indian Mongoose, and others in Rudyard Kipling’s enduring classic, The Jungle Book. Inspired by Kipling’s travels through India, The Jungle Book is a collection of short stories shared through the eyes of animals in the Indian jungle who possess human characteristics.Followed by two sequels, The Second Jungle Book and The Third ...

Do you wonder how the camel got his humps or the leopard her spots? Rudyard Kipling’s classic Just So Stories tells the thrilling and mystical tales of how some of the most famous animals came to be.Similar to his story “How Fear Came to Be” from The Second Jungle Book, which explains how the tiger got his stripes, the tales in Just So Stories are original stories and, along with The Jungle Book, are counted among Kipling’s most popular works for...

The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. It is about two British adventurers in British India, who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. The story was inspired by the exploits of James Brooke, an Englishman who became the "white Raja" of Sarawak in Borneo, and by the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan, who was granted the title Prince of Ghor in perpetuity, for himself and his descendants. It incorporates a number of other factual...

It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. Mother Wolf lay with her big gray nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived. Augrh! said Father Wolf