The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (Author), Laura Driscoll (Author), Migy Blanco (Illustrator)

A boy is raised by animals. Some like him. Others don't. He gets fire from people and then goes to live with them. The names can be difficult to keep straight. The pictures and stories are not bad, but does go on for a while without much happening.

Jungle Book

The BBC produced a radio-play of some of the best stories in Kipling's Jungle Book. It was also distributed free in Britain (and is available at archive.org, with a claim that it is in the public domain.)

It tells some of the stories of a boy that was adopted by wolves and lives his life in the jungle. He does not fall victim to the trappings of wealth as do most other men. There are also other moral teachings in the book. (Modern Cub Scouts adopt some of the characters are teachings of the Jungle Book.)

The production is well done, and provides another adaption of popular stories.