Mowgli, le petit d'homme abandonné à la naissance, est accueilli par le Clan de la Jungle. Baloo, l'ours débonnaire, et Bagheera, la belle panthère noire, lui font découvrir la Loi de la Jungle. Mais, malgré l'attachement qu'il porte à ses frères animaux, Mowgli doit accepter sa vraie nature d'homme... Devra-t-il quitter la jungle ?

Le livre de la jungle

In the beginning of years, when the world was so new and all, and the Animals were just beginning to work for Man, there was a Camel, and he lived in the middle of a Howling Desert because he did not want to work; and besides, he was a Howler himself. So he ate sticks and thorns and tamarisks and milkweed and prickles, most 'scruciating idle; and when anybody spoke to him he said 'Humph!' Just 'Humph!' and no more.

Presently the Horse came to him on Monday morning, with a saddle on his back and a bit in his mouth, and said, 'Camel, O Camel, come out and trot like the rest of us.'

'Humph!' said the Camel; and the Horse went away and told the Man.

Presently the Dog came to him, with a stick in his mouth, and said, 'Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carry like the rest of us.'

'Humph!' said the Camel; and the Dog went away and told the Man.

Presently the Ox came to him, with the yoke on his neck and said, 'Camel, O Camel, come and plough like the rest of us.'

'Humph!' said the Camel; and the Ox went away and told the Man.

At the end of the day the Man called the Horse and the Dog and the Ox together, and said, 'Three, O Three, I'm very sorry for you (with the world so new-and-all); but that Humph-thing in the Desert can't work, or he would have been here by now, so I am going to leave him alone, and you must work double-time to make up for it.'

Just So Stories

Il fouilla dans l'épaisseur des loques qui entouraient sa taille tordue, retira un sac de crin noir bordé de fil d'argent, et en secoua sur la table la tête desséchée et flétrie de Daniel Davrot ! Le soleil matinal, car depuis longtemps les lampes avaient pâli, frappa la barbe rouge, les yeux aveugles dans les orbites creuses, de même que le lourd cercle d'or incrusté de turquoises brutes que Carnehan plaça tendrement sur les tempes blêmies.- Vous contemplez maintenant l'empereur en son appareil ordinaire, comme il vivait - le roi du Kafiristan avec la couronne en tête. Pauvre vieux Daniel qui fut monarque une fois !

L'Homme qui voulut être roi

Sans fil et autres récits de science-fiction

On dit souvent de son animal domestique qu'il ne lui manque que la parole. Avec "Paroles de chien", Kipling a enfin réparé cette injustice ! Publié initialement en 1930, ce récit est raconté à la première personne par Botte, un aberdeen terrier comme celui que possédait Kipling. Avec une pointe d'ironie innocente, Kipling nous permet de voir le monde à travers les yeux de notre plus fidèle compagnon.

Paroles de chien

" Qui chipe le biscuit que le Parsi a cuit a fait une folie. ", dit Rudyard Kipling. Derrière ces mots se cache le secret du rhino. Tu ne t'es jamais demandé pourquoi sa peau était plissée ?

La peau du rhino

The Jungle Book key characters are Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and Sher Khan, biggest tiger in India. As Baloo the sleepy brown bear, Bagheera the cunning black panther, Kaa the python, and his other animal friends teach their beloved “man-cub” the ways of the jungle, Mowgli gains the strength and wisdom he needs for his frightful fight with Shere Khan, the tiger who robbed him of his human family. But there are also the tales of Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose and his “great war” against the vicious cobras Nag and Nagaina; of Toomai, who watches the elephants dance; and of Kotick the white seal, who swims in the Bering Sea.

Kotick, le phoque blanc, est né sur une île de la mer de Behring. Il y passe une enfance merveilleuse. Très vite, il découvre ce que les hommes font à ses semblables. Horrifié, il tente en vain de les convaincre d'émigrer vers une terre plus sûre. Dans cette magnifique nouvelle, Rudyard Kipling aborde avec justesse et poésie la condition d'espèces sauvages, aujourd'hui menacées, et qu'il faut sauvegarder.

Le phoque blanc

This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Classics edition of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories is the perfect addition to any bookshelf.

 Inspired by the bedtime stories Rudyard Kipling told his daughter that had to be recited 'just so', this collection includes mythical animal origin stories like 'How the Camel got his Hump' and 'How the Rhinoceros got his Skin', alongside other playful inventions, such as the reason for the ebb and flow of the tides and how the alphabet was invented.

 These rhythmically told, traditional stories appeal to the curious imagination of children, and are some of Rudyard Kipling's best-known works alongside The Jungle Book.

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Le livre de la jungle

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