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CLASSIC FICTION (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Following the initial success of The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling published the collection of parables Just So Stories. He first entertained his own children with these delightful and humorous tales before deciding to write them down for publication. The stories are written in the form of what came to be also known as pourqoui (French for "why") stories, each explaining how and why things came to be as they...
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Animal Stories – by Rudyard Kipling features some of the best-loved animal tales of all time. "The Camel's Hump," "The Cat That Walked By Himself" and "The White Seal" are just some of the enchanting tales collected together in Animal Stories, which includes that most remarkable and endearing creation "Rikki-tikki-tavi." Originally intended for children, these imaginative and inspired writings are just as suitable for adults and will delight readers...
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This is Rudyard Kipling's 1910 historical fantasy book, 'Rewards and Fairies'. Two children named Dan and Una live in Kipling's former home in the Weald of Sussex. One day they encounter a fairy called Puck who uses magic to summon real and fictional characters from Sussex's past to impart to the children details of its history. This timeless and beautifully illustrated story would make for ideal bedtime reading, and is not to be missed by fans and...
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Kipling's poem 'The Dead King' was written as a eulogy to King Edward Vii as a wise devoted monarch who had served his people well. King Edward Vii died on May 6th, 1910 and this poem was first printed in The Times, the Morning Post, and other English newspapers on 18 May 1910. Here the poem is decorated with the wonderful illustrations of W. Heath Robinson, an English cartoonist and illustrator. He was best known for drawings of ridiculously complicated...
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This edition of Kipling's "The Song of the English" was originally published in November 1909. It included the six subsidiary poems: The Coastwise Lights, The Song of the Dead, The Deep-Sea Cables, The Song of the Sons, The Song of the Cities, and England's Answer. The theme underlying much of this collection, is that the English are the Chosen under the Lord, so long as they obey the Law. This is one of Kipling's earliest verses specifically setting...
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