Wordsworth The Best Short Stories Киплинг Редьярд Джозеф

The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli's parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the sleepy brown bear, who instructs Mowgli in the Laws of the Jungle • This edition includes The Second Jungle Book which contains some of the most thrilling of the Mowgli stories. It includes Red Dog, in which Mowgli forms an unlikely alliance with the python Kaa, How Fear Came and Letting in the Jungle as well as The Spring Running, which brings Mowgli to manhood and the realisation that he must leave Bagheera, Baloo and his other friends for the world of man

Эти остроумные истории первоначально были рассказаны Редьярдом Киплингом своим собственным детям. В них он дает причудливые объяснения того, как и почему все стало таким, какое оно есть • Поколения детей с удовольствием узнавали, как леопард получил свои пятна, как Слоненок на берегах великой серо-зеленой реки Лимпопо приобрел свой хобот с помощью крокодила и как появились броненосцы • Прекрасно проиллюстрированные автором в черно-белом варианте, эти восхитительные сказки заворожат читателя и слушателя • Книга на английском языке • These witty stories were originally told by Rudyard Kipling to his own children. In them he gives fanciful accounts of how and why things came to be as they are • Generations of children have delighted to learn how the Leopard got his spots, how the Elephant's Child on the banks of the great grey-green Limpopo acquired his trunk with the help of the Crocodile, and the beginning of the Armadillos

"Книга джунглей", написанная Редьярдом Киплингом - это история Маугли, человеческого подкидыша, усыновленного семьей волков. В книге рассказывается о вражде между ним и тигром Шер-ханом, убившим родителей Маугли, и о дружбе между человеческим детенышем и Багирой, черной пантерой, и Балу, сонным бурым медведем, который обучает Маугли законам джунглей • "Вторая книга джунглей" содержит некоторые из самых захватывающих историй о Маугли. В него входят "Рыжий пес", в котором Маугли заключает маловероятный союз с питоном Каа, "Как пришел страх" и "Впуская в джунгли", а также "Весенний бег", в котором Маугли становится взрослым и осознает, что он должен оставить Багиру, Балу и других своих друзей ради мир людей • Книга на английском языке • Издание полностью на английском языке

В "Книге джунглей" рассказывается о Маугли, человеческом подкидыше, усыновленном семьей волков. В ней рассказывается о вражде между ним и тигром Шер-ханом, убившим родителей Маугли, и о дружбе между человеческим детенышем и Багирой, черной пантерой, и Балу, сонным бурым медведем, который обучает Маугли законам джунглей • Вторая "Книга джунглей" содержит некоторые из самых захватывающих историй о Маугли. В нее входят "Рыжий пес", в котором Маугли заключает маловероятный союз с питоном Каа, "Как пришел страх" и "Весенний бег", который приводит Маугли к взрослению и осознанию того, что он должен покинуть Багиру, Балу и других своих друзей ради мира людей • Книга на английском языке • The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves

'They sing in my head even now... What a wonderful storyteller/poet he was' Michael Morpurgo, Guardian • Have you ever wondered how the leopard got his spots? Or how the camel got his hump? Rudyard Kipling's witty and beautifully written stories explain these secrets and many more and introduce such memorable characters as the Elephant's Child, the Cat that Walked by Himself and the Butterfly that Stamped

Originally told by Rudyard Kipling to his children at bedtime, this compendium of witty tales imagines how animals came to be as they are now. Discover how the massive whale got a tiny throat by swallowing a mariner, how the lazy camel got a hump so that he had no excuse not to work, and why the leopard's spots were painted on • Kipling's imagination runs wild as he creates charming origin stories that still enchant and delight children to this day. This edition features Kipling's iconic original illustrations

This beautiful HarperCollins Children’s Classics edition of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories is the perfect addition to any bookshelf • Inspired by the bedtime stories Rudyard Kipling told his daughter that had to be recited ‘just so’, this collection includes mythical animal origin stories like ‘How the Camel got his Hump’ and ‘How the Rhinoceros got his Skin’, alongside other playful inventions, such as the reason for the ebb and flow of the tides and how the alphabet was invented • These rhythmically told, traditional stories appeal to the curious imagination of children, and are some of Rudyard Kipling’s best-known works alongside The Jungle Book

Девять драматических рассказов в сборнике "Человек, который хотел стать королем и другие истории" демонстрируют мастерство Киплинга в рассказе и способность создавать правдоподобных персонажей и обстановку в Британии и на субконтиненте • Книга на английском языке • Including the story that inspired the classic movie starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine, these nine dramatic tales demonstrate Kiplinga€s mastery of the short story and ability to create believable characters and settings, in Britain and the subcontinent

Throughout his life, Rudyard Kipling was fond of dogs, and while they featured prominently in early tales such as ‘The Dog Hervey’ and ‘Garm – a Hostage’, he later came up with the innovative idea of writing a story from the perspective of a dog, resulting in the hugely successful ‘Thy Servant a Dog’, narrated by an Aberdeen terrier named Boots • This collection, published in the author’s lifetime, gathers Kipling’s dog stories written throughout his career, providing a warm tribute to man’s best friend and showcasing the lively storytelling talents of one of Britain’s most enduringly popular writers • Contains: ‘Private Learoyd’s Story’, ‘Garm – A Hostage’, ‘The Power of the Dog’, ‘Quiquern’, ‘ The Dog Hervey’, ‘Dinah in Heaven’, ‘The Woman in His Life’, ‘Four-Feet’, ‘Thy Servant a Dog’, ‘The Great Play Hunt’, ‘Toby Dog’, ‘The Supplication of the Black Aberdeen’, ‘His Apologies’, ‘A Sea Dog’

A relentlessly inventive collection of myths that betray a deep love and respect for the natural world, the Penguin Classics edition of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories is edited with an introduction by Judith Plotz and a general preface by series editor Jan Montefiore • In these bewitching stories we learn 'How the Camel got his Hump', ' How the Leopard got his Spots' and 'How the Whale got his Throat', as Rudyard Kipling conjures up distant lands, beautiful gardens of splendid palaces, the sea, the deserts, the jungle and all its creatures. Inspired by Kipling's delight in human eccentricities and the animal world, and based on bedtime stories he told to his daughter, these strikingly imaginative fables explore the myths of creation, the nature of beasts and the origins of language and writing

Rudyard Kipling told his children gloriously fanciful tales of how things in the world came to be as they are. He wrote them down for publication as Just So Stories in 1902, just three years after the tragic death of his daughter Josephine for whom they had first been created • During the twentieth century, generations of children were tucked into bed with readings of highly imaginative and wildly improbable explanations such as how the elephant got his trunk, how the leopard got his spots, and how the alphabet was made. Kipling's children's books were popular for much of the 20th century and Just So Stories remains a children's favourite across the English-speaking world

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling are a firm family favourite • 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 fantastical stories continue to delight each and every generation • With an inspiring introduction by Jonathan Stroud, author of the 'Bartimaeus' trilogy, and including fun-filled endnotes