When I was a child one of my favourite bedtime reads was The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. It was a collection of stories about a little boy called Mowgli, who was abandoned in the Indian Jungle, only to be raised as a feral child, in by a mother wolf who had just had cubs.
Mowgli has a black panther friend called Bagheera, who looks after him.
Bagheera and the wolf tribe learn that Shere Khan, a man eating Bengal Tiger, has returned to the Jungle. It was decided that Mowgli should be taken back to the 'Man Village', for his own safety.
I've used illustrations from the wonderful animated version of Jungle Book by the Disney studios. The original sketches from the first publications of the book are very poor and who can forget the enchanting movie.
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| Shere Khan loitering in the Jungle. |
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Great choice for J - my children loved these adventures of Mowgli and the jungle.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever actually seen that film in its entirety!
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Sadly I have not read this book. I should try to get my hands on one.
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Fun choice for the letter J. I really need to pull that book off our shelf and read it...
ReplyDeleteI was fascinated by the Jungle Book when I was a child. Therefore, I shared it with my two girls when they were young too. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteI also read the Jungle Book and I loved it, and so did my children.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this delightful post, Di!
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Wonderful choice...it's been awhile since I've seen the movie♪ http://lauriekazmierczak.com/jagged-ice/
ReplyDeleteI love the Jungle Book story :)
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My children loved this one so much they watched it every single day for more than a year - every single day till I was driven crazy.
ReplyDeleteHi Hildred, thanks for stopping by,
ReplyDeletemy three girls loved the tales of the Jungle Book too.
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Roger you must get hold of the film and watch it in it's entirety, you'll love it ! Or better still get a copy of the book and read it. Rudyard Kipling is a wonderful writer and a most interesting man,
ReplyDeleteOne thing I omitted to mention was, that Kipling was the second cousin of my great grandmother.
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ReplyDeletePhoto Cache, thank for stopping by and your comment. You must get hold of a copy of the book or better still sit back and enjoy the most enchanting DVD.
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Ellen B: Thanks for stopping by and your comments. Do read the book and better still get the DVD, it's enchanting !
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Arnoldo:
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It is a joy to share our favourite stories with our children and they in turn do like wise, such JOY !
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Di,
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Hi Wil: Thanks for stopping by and your kind words.
ReplyDeleteJungle Book is such a joy to read, I'm intending to read this again to my grandchildren, next time they visit.
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Ii Laurie,
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I play the DVD for my grandchildren and they are quite enchanted with it, as always,
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Anita: Thanks for stopping by and I'm so pleased you like The Jungle book, it really is a JOY to read.
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I too loved the story, my children too and I am sure their children too will love it. :)
ReplyDeleteMy kids love Jungle Book.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! It was always a favorite movie...I have never read the original book (for shame!)
ReplyDeleteI read it with my children in the 80s,
ReplyDeleteHi Indrani, thanks for stopping by and commenting, It's amazing how many people have read the books and seen the movie.
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Rajesh: I'm delighted that you children like Jungle Book, it seems a timeless work.
ReplyDeleteMy children and grandchildren love it too.
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Marie, thanks for dropping by and your comments. I'm so pleased that Jungle Book is so popular, universally, as it is such a fine story!
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ann nz:
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Have a good weekend,
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Di.xx
Recently I read a mystery called "The Game" by Laurie R. King in which an adult Mowgli features. What even made it more fascinating was that the protagonists were a 60+ Sherlock Homes and his much younger wife.
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Hi Su--sieeee.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by...An adult Mowgli? Now that sounds interesting, I shall have to check that out..
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I remember going to see the Jungle Book at the cinema when I was a child.
ReplyDeletePrior to the visit I had read the book, it was given to my by my grandfather.
Hi Cherie, thanks for stopping by, good to hear from you.
ReplyDeleteI read jungle book as a child then when came out at the cinema we went to see it several times, loved it!
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read Mowgli and the Jungle book when my oldest child was 5.
ReplyDeleteI've never read Jungle Book - except the Disney version!
ReplyDeleteOh I just loved that film as child! And the book too of course. Brilliant x
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ReplyDeleteganga cassette is very nice it has a good content and religious content. It was pleasure to read it Ganga Bhakti Sangeet
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