{"product_id":"9781607785910","title":"The Jungle Book \u0026 Second Jungle Book (Complete)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Jungle Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (1894) is a collection of stories written by   Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–4. The   original publications contained illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John   Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six years of his   childhood there. After about ten years in England, he went back to India and   worked there for about six-and-half years. These stories were written when   Kipling lived in Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe tales in the book (and also those in \u003ci\u003eThe Second Jungle Book\u003c\/i\u003e which   followed in 1895, and which includes five further stories about Mowgli) are   fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The   verses of \u003ci\u003eThe Law of the Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e, for example, lay down rules for the   safety of individuals, families and communities. Kipling put in them nearly   everything he knew or \"heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle.\" Other readers   have interpreted the work as allegories of the politics and society of the time.   The best-known of them are the three stories revolving around the adventures of   an abandoned 'man cub' Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. The   most famous of the other stories are probably \"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi\", the story of a   heroic mongoose, and \"Toomai of the Elephants\", the tale of a young   elephant-handler. Kotick, The White Seal seeking for his people a haven where   they would be safe from hunters, has been considered a metaphor for Zionism,   then in its beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178317857008,"sku":"9781607785910","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781607785910_p0.jpg?v=1763835035","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781607785910","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}