The illustrator, Aljoscha Blau, shows a level of detail in them that draw you in and keep you coming back to look at them. They are not on every page, but they are still abundant. The other big selling point of this book is the illustrations. With so many books, now being ebooks or paperbacks, it's getting harder and harder to find quality publishing. So why would you want to purchase a book that is in public domain? For starters, you are getting a fine hardcover, which to some might not sound like a lot, but to me is worth its weight in gold. Thus, this book is both prose and poetry and a beautiful mix at that. After each chapter, there is a poem that relates to the story we just heard. We see him abducted by monkeys, fight Shere Khan, and actually attempt to rejoin a human village. The stories in this book take us all through Mowgli's childhood.

His mentors became Akela, Baloo, and Bagheera. Listening to Mother and Father Wolf vouch for the young boy, Mowgli was accepted into the pack. The wolves protected him and after Shere Khan fled, they took him to Akela.

Shere Khan did not like this and wanted Mowgli for his own, so he could eat him. At first they didn't know what to make of him and were worried, but they decided to adopt him as their own. While they are tending to their young, a young boy (Mowgli) wandered to them. They are part of Akela's pack and have just had a litter of pups. In the first chapter, we see are introduced to Mother Wolf and Father Wolf. There is Mowgli, Baloo the bear, Akela the wolf, Bagheera the panther, Hathi the elephant, Kaa the python, and Shere Khan tiger. The book is divided into sixteen chapters and contains the familiar characters, we've all come to know. Many of us know the bare minimum of The Jungle Book story thanks to Walt Disney's popular movie, but there is so much more to the story than Disney showed us.

To celebrate the birth of this amazing writer, NorthSouth Books has published a beautiful edition of The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories. Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30, 1865.

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