Rudyard Kipling

This set comprises 40 volumes covering 19th and 20th century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes. This second set compliments the first 68 volume set of Critical Heritage published by Routledge in October 1995.

Fables and Myths of the Animals by the Author of The Jungle Book “Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was: O my Best Beloved, when the tame animals were wild.” ― Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories Just So Stories is a collection of short stories or fables by Rudyard Kipling. This volume includes: How the Whale Got His Throat How the Camel Got His Hump How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin How the Leopard Got His Spots How the Elephant Got his Trunk The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo The Beginning of the Armadillos How the First Letter was Written How the Alphabet was Made The Crab the Played with the Sea The Cat that Walked by Himself The Butterfly that Stamped The Tabu Tale This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

The Jungle Books tell the story of the irrepressible Mowgli, who is rescued as a baby from the jaws of the evil tiger, Shere Khan. Raised by wolves and guided by Baloo the bear, Mowgli and his animal friends embark on a series of hair-raising adventures through the jungles of India.

A biography of the British writer examining his life, times, and work against the background of the imperial grandeur of the heyday of the British Empire.