The Jungle Book Review
Kipling’s 1894 masterpiece is a collection of exciting tales in fable form, imparting life-transforming wisdom, while evoking imperialist themes.
Ebuka Igbokwe is the founder and former leader of a book club, the Liber Book Club, in 2016 and managed it for four years. Ebuka has also authored several children's books. He shares philosophical insights on his newsletter, Carefree Sketches and has published several short stories on a few literary blogs online.
Ebuka graduated from Nnamdi Azikiwe University. He has authored children's books such as 'Making A Chigo Curry.' He is also the author of The Ingarie Files, an African-futurism project newsletter.
Bachelor's degree from Nnamdi Azikiwe University.
Ebuka founded a book club, Liber Book Club in 2016, and managed it for four years. Also, he has written and published several storybooks and learning aids for schoolchildren.
Classic, science fiction and fantasy.
Read freely at first, for enjoyment and without any external analysis, and then read critically after.
More than anything, an open mind helps one understand the books they read.
In secondary school, I used to smuggle novels inside textbooks to read during maths class. It didn\'t do my maths grade any good.
Kipling’s 1894 masterpiece is a collection of exciting tales in fable form, imparting life-transforming wisdom, while evoking imperialist themes.
Kipling’s experience as a British colonial writer living in India in the 19th century is expressed in his works, even in this collection of fables.
In characteristic fable style, Kipling tells moralistic tales with message-laden quotes for entertainment and instruction.
Brave Mowgli, wily Bagheera, earnest Baloo, and arrogant Shere Khan are a few of the finely-crafted characters of this Kipling’s book.
As a code setting forth the rules of proper conduct for social living, the Law is a central theme of Mowgli’s stories and expressed throughout Kipling’s works.
Mowgli the man-cub, is raised by wolves, befriends Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, and is hounded by his mortal enemy, Shere Khan the Tiger.
In addition to the animated children’s classics, ‘The Jungle Book’, Rudyard Kipling’s oeuvre includes some of the best adventure fiction of his time.
Kipling’s verse, prose and essays are a huge source of inspirational quotes, mirroring his outlook towards life of positive action and earnest endeavor.
The prevailing message of this Palacio book, expressed in quotes by its characters, is that even small acts of kindness and empathy can change the world.
This novel is a heartwarming tale of kindess and empathy and a boy with a facial deformity making friends and growing to self-acceptance.