Un couple de loups découvre un Petit d'Homme errant dans la forêt. Mowgli : ainsi va l'appeler Mère Louve qui l'adopte, refusant de le livrer à Shere Kahn, le tigre boiteux. Furieux, celui-ci vient exiger son dû au Conseil du Clan. Heureusement, l'ours Baloo et la panthère Bagheera interviennent en sa faveur. Mowgli va grandir sous leur protection. Mais Shere Kahn rôde dans l'ombre.

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L'Elephant Fidele

Il était sept heures, par un soir très chaud, sur les collines de Seeonee. Père Loup s'éveilla de son somme journalier, se gratta, bâilla et détendit ses pattes l'une après l'autre pour dissiper la sensation de paresse qui en raidissait encore les extrémités. Mère Louve était étendue, son gros nez gris tombé parmi ses quatre petits qui se culbutaient en criant, et la lune luisait par l'ouverture de la caverne où ils vivaient tous. Augrh ! dit Père Loup, il est temps de se remettre en chasse. Et il allait s'élancer vers le fond de la vallée, quand une petite ombre à queue touffue barra l'ouverture et jappa : Bonne chance, ô chef des loups ! Bonne chance et fortes dents blanches aux nobles enfants. Puissent-ils n'oublier jamais en ce monde ceux qui ont faim !

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L'Enfant D'Elephant

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.

The Jungle Books can be regarded as classic stories told by an adult to children. But they also constitute a complex literary work of art in which the whole of Kipling's philosophy of life is expressed in miniature. They are best known for the 'Mowgli' stories; the tale of a baby abandoned and brought up by wolves, educated in the ways and secrets of the jungle by Kaa the python, Baloo the bear, and Bagheera the black panther. The stories, a mixture of fantasy, myth, and magic, are underpinned by Kipling's abiding preoccupation with the theme of self-discovery, and the nature of the 'Law'.

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Kipling portrays school as the first stage of a much larger game, a pattern maker for the experiences of life. Implied throughout the book is the question 'What happened to the fifteen-year boys, and how did the lessons they learned at school apply to the world of warfare and imperial government?' These stories are based on Kipling's own schooling, the United Services College at Westward Ho! in Devon.

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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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