
(Rudyard Kipling - Rewards and Fairies) Rudyard Kipling, a prolific and nostalgic writer The manuscript of The Jungle Book immerses the reader in Kipling’s beautiful handwriting and unseen drawings, as well as creating a new bond with Kaa, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Toomaï, Kotuko and friends… It is reproduced here alongside exceptional illustrations by French artist Maurice de Becque.įollow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream. Beyond the iconic literary status of The Jungle Book undoubtedly is, the many adaptations of its stories have made its characters and settings familiar and intimate friends to us all. Today it is impossible to think of Rudyard Kipling without immediately seeing the face of Mowgli, the familiar outlines of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther, and the columned ruins in the jungle. The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling's manuscript
