The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Summary

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The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, a classic story of friendship between man and beast. Fantastically told by the actor Tony Robinson.

Saved from the jaws of the evil tiger Shere Khan, young Mowgli is adopted by a wolf pack and taught the law of the jungle by lovable old Baloo the bear and Bhageera the panther. The adventures of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the snake-fighting mongoose, little Toomai and the elephant's secret dance, and Kotick the white seal are all part of Mowgli's extraordinary journey with his animal friends.

About the authors

Rudyard Kipling

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Tony Robinson

Sir Tony Robinson is an award-winning writer, presenter, and actor, and the UK's foremost face of popular history. His television credits include Time Team (Channel 4), Blackadder (BBC1), The Worst Jobs In History (Channel 4), Walking Through History(Channel 4), Me and My Mum (ABC), Tony Robinson's Coast to Coast (Channel 5), Britain's Ancient Tracks (Channel 4), and more. As a children's television writer, he has won two RTS awards, a BAFTA, and the International Prix Jeunesse, and his work includes Central TV's Fat Tulip's Garden, Odysseus - the Greatest Hero of Them All, and Blood and Honey. He has also made a range of television documentaries, written 30 children's books, winning the Blue Peter Factual Book Award twice, and several books for adults, including his autobiography No Cunning Plan. In 2012 he was made a Fellow of Cardiff University, and he has been awarded honorary doctorates and masters' degrees by several leading universities. He is an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society, and received a knighthood in 2013.
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