Katherine Rundell was born in Kent, England, and raised in
Zimbabwe. She is a fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and the
author of numerous award-winning books for children, most recently
The Explorer, winner of the 2017 Costa Children’s Book Award. She
has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal and won the Boston
Globe–Horn Book Award. Katherine Rundell lives in Oxford,
England.
Icelandic-born Kristjana S. Williams is an award-winning
illustrator and designer whose commissions include art for the Rio
Olympic Games and The Wonder Garden, written by Jenny Broom.
It's impossible not to imagine a room full of younger kids
transfixed by the hypnotic action. If Rundell's storytelling
doesn't do it for them, the illustrations surely will. Williams's
richly drawn jungle scapes are equal parts gorgeous and haunting,
an irresistible combination.
—The New York Times Book Review
[The] follow-up makes for an engaging read, as Mowgli develops from
a rather self-centered child to one who cares about his extended
jungle family. Rundell's values-based narrative and Williams'
earthy images reinforce the importance of different species'
understanding one another and working together. Rundell emphasizes
unity in diversity in this 21st-century companion to a complicated
19th-century classic.
—Kirkus Reviews
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