'These stories have the ageless resonance of myth, for beneath his addictive adventures and hypnotic prose, Kipling was grappling with big questions- who are we? Where do we come from? How should we live?' Daily Telegraph
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in India on 30 December 1865. He was sent back to England when he was seven years old but returned to India in 1882 to work as the assistant editor of the Civil & Military Gazette in Lahore. He published poetry and stories in newspapers but it was the publication of Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888 that brought him his first major success. His most famous works are Barrack-room Ballads (1892), The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and Just So Stories (1902). The Just So Stories were written for his children and are addressed to his six-year-old daughter Josephine, his 'best beloved', who died of pneumonia in 1899. Rudyard Kipling died on 18 January 1936.
Today's children would do well to abandon their computers and iPods
for an hour or two and read him
*Daily Mail*
Weird and wonderful
*Daily Telegraph*
Kipling was one of the greatest wordsmiths of the English language
and these fables are told in a simple and irresistible manner.
They're timeless
*Daily Express*
The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling have always held a
fascination for me, and doubtless sparked off my love of India
*H.M The Prince of Wales*
Kipling is a writer for our times, and for all time
*The Times*
Today's children would do well to abandon their computers and iPods
for an hour or two and read him -- Griff Rhys Jones * Daily Mail
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Weird and wonderful * Daily Telegraph *
Kipling was one of the greatest wordsmiths of the English language
and these fables are told in a simple and irresistible manner.
They're timeless -- Martin Bell * Daily Express *
The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling have always held a
fascination for me, and doubtless sparked off my love of India --
H.M The Prince of Wales
Kipling is a writer for our times, and for all time -- Roger Moore
* The Times *
Kipling's beloved collection of children's stories (adults will enjoy them, too) are read to perfection by Boris Karloff. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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