Kim - Rudyard Kipling

Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling

ent imaginary companions. Kipling, a doting father, and a man familiar with Indian myth and legend and oral tradition knew these things I think, and crafted for his own children the Just So Stories; his own take on and humorous pastiche of the oldest of the pourquoi tales. Today, he's known by adults as a staunch colonialist and reactionary, which he was, and is often disapproved of for this, but I think that's a shame. You try reading these droll little tales aloud to your children. Feel them come alive as you read, watch your children laugh and roll their eyes: you'll see what I mean. And once you've read those you can move ...

Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling

ent imaginary companions. Kipling, a doting father, and a man familiar with Indian myth and legend and oral tradition knew these things I think, and crafted for his own children the Just So Stories; his own take on and humorous pastiche of the oldest of the pourquoi tales. Today, he's known by adults as a staunch colonialist and reactionary, which he was, and is often disapproved of for this, but I think that's a shame. You try reading these droll little tales aloud to your children. Feel them come alive as you read, watch your children laugh and roll their eyes: you'll see what I mean. And once you've read those you can move ...

The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling

Well, don't expect anything like the Disney film!! Although The Jungle Book was quite lively and Kipling had created brilliant characterisations of the animals, the language he used to describe events in the jungle with Mowgli, Baloo and the rest of the characters that we have grown to love from the film, appear quite dull and lifeless. ...

The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling

Well, don't expect anything like the Disney film!! Although The Jungle Book was quite lively and Kipling had created brilliant characterisations of the animals, the language he used to describe events in the jungle with Mowgli, Baloo and the rest of the characters that we have grown to love from the film, appear quite dull and lifeless. ...

The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling

I think I may be the only person in the entire world who doesn't like the Jungle Book. Okay, so the kids versions of it are all well and good, but the book itself is a chore to read. The different chapters seem to be entirely unrelated. The book follows an illogical structure, and is very difficult to read. Not only is it ...

The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling

I think I may be the only person in the entire world who doesn't like the Jungle Book. Okay, so the kids versions of it are all well and good, but the book itself is a chore to read. The different chapters seem to be entirely unrelated. The book follows an illogical structure, and is very difficult to read. Not only is it ...