Into the Jungle

Resumen del libro

Into the Jungle is a modern classic in the making, as Katherine Rundell creates charming and compelling origin stories for all Kipling's best-known characters, from Baloo and Shere Khan to Kaa and Bagheera. As Mowgli travels through the Indian jungle, this brilliantly visual tale, which weaves each short story together into a wider whole, will make readers both laugh and cry. A gorgeously produced gift hardback with foiled cover, a ribbon marker and colour illustrations throughout by creative genius Kristjana S Williams, this is truly a book for all the family to treasure and share.

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, first published by Macmillan in 1894, is one of the most enduring books of children's literature, delighting generations of children. Katherine Rundell has taken this as the basis of her new and enchanting tale, sharing the early years of favourite characters and informing the creatures they become in Kipling's classic, with stories about family and friendship, loyalty and jungle law, and a final battle which will decide the future of the forest.

Biografía del autor

Creció en Londres, Zimbabwe y Bélgica. Estudió Literatura Inglesa en la Universidad de Oxford y en 2008 se convirtió en miembro del All Souls College, donde trabaja como investigadora en literatura renacentista. Entre sus libros para niños se encuentran Rooftoppers (2013), The Wolf Wilder (2015) y The Explorer (2017), ganador del premio Costa. También ha publicado libros de no ficción: The Golden Mole, un catálogo de extraordinarios animales en peligro de extinción, y Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, que ganó el premio Baillie Gifford de no ficción.