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Rudyard Kipling

Complete Just So Stories Audiobook Free: Teen Classic – Free Download

The Just So Stories for Little Children are among Kipling’s best known and loved works. This recording aims to be the first complete audio book of this title with nothing left out. The Nobel prize-winning author’s enjoyment in playing with the sounds and meanings of words is very evident throughout, and adds to adults’ enjoyment of these stories for children. This playfulness is also dramatically present in the plotting. For both reasons these stories been loved by generations of children and adults alike. Because the writing plays with sound and meaning the Just So Stories are best enjoyed when read aloud. As we all are, Kipling was a child of his time and social setting, so for example in “How the Leopard Got his Spots” he uses what one recent reviewer called “the N word” to refer to the Ethiopian. Each listener will need to examine critically both Kipling’s attitudes and their own.

Into the Wild with Mowgli: A Travel Writer’s Take on The Jungle Book Audiobook – Free Download

This classic children’s book by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Mowgli, a young boy raised by wolves: his escapades and adventures with his dear friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, his capture by the Monkey-People, his attempt at reintegration into human society, and his ultimate triumph over the lame tiger Shere Khan. The account of Mowgli’s adventures is followed by several short stories, including the tales of the brave white seal, Kotick, and the tenacious mongoose, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Packed with adventure and Jungle Law wisdom, this book has pervaded popular culture as the basis of many film and stage adaptations, including the popular Disney movie, and through its adoption as a motivational book by the Cub Scouts.