In the poems in this collection, Rudyard Kipling evokes stirring images and creates archetyples of British character at the height of the British Empire. Filled with character study, dramatic incidents and rousing language, the poems delineate the time, place, and ethos of British ascendancy as surely as a novel or history, yet they possess a timelessness and universality that lifts them above the purely temporal.

Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. This edition of The Jungle Book II includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Jane Yolen. Mowgli was once the little man-cub raised by Mother Wolf. Now Mowgli is the Jungle Lord ruling over...

A tortoise and a hedgehog combine their natural assets and transform themselves into armadillos to escape the hungry attention of a young jaguar.

Each story is different in its own accord. And Rudyard Kipling's writing makes you feel like you are a character in the story. A wonderful read!

Over twenty unabridged selections of Rudyard Kipling's stories, poems and letters. FULL LISTING 1. PRELUDE - "To Departmental Ditties” (1885) read by Rupert Degas 2. TODS' from "Plain Tales from the Hills” read by Martin Jarvis 3. THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST (1889) read by Rupert Degas 4. KIDKNAPPED from "Plain Tales from the Hills” read by Martin Jarvis 5. THE SONG OF THE SONS read by Rupert Degas 6. THE SONG OF THE...

A courageous mongoose thwarts the evil plans of Nag and Nagaina, two big black cobras who live in the garden.