Penguin Books Australia

Mowgli, the man-cub who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. As he embarks on a series of thrilling escapades, Mowgli encounters such unforgettable creatures as Bagheera, the graceful black panther, and Shere Khan, the tiger with the blazing eyes. A rich and complex fable of human life, Kipling's enduring classic dazzles the imagination...

Explore India with Kim, a boy with both East and West in his soul . . .

Orphan boy Kim is reared in the teeming, vibrant streets of India at the turn of the last century.  An impish child with an endless interest in the extraordinary characters he meets, Kim is a 'Friend of all the World'.  One day, an old Tibetan lama sets him on the path that will lead him to travel the Great Trunk Road...

'Kim told the older children tales of the size and beauty of Lahore, of railway travel, and such-like city things, while the men talked, slowly as the cattle chew the cud'

'They tell me that one never sees a dead person's face in a dream. Is that true?'

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is often regarded as the unofficial Laureate of the British Empire. Yet his writing reveals a ferociously independent figure at times violently opposed to the dominant political and literary tendencies of his age.  Arranged in chronological order, this diverse selection of his poetry shows the development of Kipling's talent, his deepening maturity and the growing sombreness...

'You are all liars, you English'

The delightful tales of whales and cats and kangaroos and crabs – everything from how the camel got in a humph (and got his hump!) to how the alphabet was invented. Enchanting and funny, these stories are brought to life by the fantastical narration of Tony Robinson.

Join Mowgli in the jungle  

After young Mowgli escapes the vicious jaws of the growling tiger Shere Khan, he is adopted by Father Wolf and grows up with the pack.  Lovable old Baloo the Bear and Bagheera the Panther teach Mowgli the law of the jungle, and so his extraordinary adventures begin . . .

With an inspiring Introduction by Jonathan Stroud, author of the Bartimaeus trilogy, Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling is one of the twelve...

Inspired by Kipling's natural empathy with the animal world and by his obvious delight in human foibles and eccentricities, these strikingly imaginative fables explore a range of subjects from the animals themselves to the origins of things.