Stories from the Jungle Book

Written by Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by Emma Topping

Emma Topping reads two of the most popular stories from The Jungle Book: "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" and "Toomai of the Elephants."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Saland Publishing
• Release date: Jan 3, 2001
• ISBN: 9781907818981

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author and poet who began writing in India and shortly found his work celebrated in England. An extravagantly popular, but critically polarizing, figure even in his own lifetime, the author wrote several books for adults and children that have become classics, Kim, The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Captains Courageous and others. Although taken to task by some critics for his frequently imperialistic stance, the author’s best work rises above his era’s politics. Kipling refused offers of both knighthood and the position of Poet Laureate, but was the first English author to receive the Nobel prize.