Rudyard Kipling

"The Man Who Would be King and Other Stories" is a classic collection of some of the most loved short stories of Rudyard Kipling, one of the most important and accomplished English authors of the twentieth century. The youngest winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature at age 42 in 1907, Kipling, who was born in India in 1865, captured in his writing the British Empire in all of its glory and contradiction in unparalleled detail and nuance. Contained...

Long ago, Baby Elephant keeps asking what Crocodile eats for dinner until he goes to the source and gets a big surprise. Includes a puzzle, "Notes for adults," and reading tips.

Selected stories from Kipling's two "Jungle Books" chronicle the adventures of Mowgli, the boy reared by a pack of wolves in an Indian jungle. Also includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi."

An illustrated collection of twenty-eight notable poems by Rudyard Kipling, with commentary and definitions of unfamiliar words. Includes an introduction about the poet's life and work.

Together the Ethiopian and the leopard hunt the other animals who live on the High Veldt. Eventually the giraffe, zebra, and other animals moved away. The hunters followed and changed their skins to better blend into their new environment.

Relates how the crab came to live both in the sea and on land and to lose its hard shell once a year.

Relates how the rhinoceros's lack of manners resulted in his baggy skin and bad temper.

A butterfly and his wife help a mighty king control his quarreling wives.

Contains a selection of Kipling's short stories.