Razor-sharp writing with rather dull artistic accompaniment. However, the artist's style and chosen medium produce a somewhat flat, torpid appearance. With this newly illustrated edition of the treasured classic-written in the 1890s as part of the. In Davis's ( The Jolly Mon Trouble Dolls ) acrylic paintings, dominated by the greens of the garden and the browns of the earth, readers can clearly see the nut-colored mongoose, his adoptive family in their period dress and the slithering snakes. Harcourt Children's Books, 18 (44pp) ISBN 978-0-15-267015-3. The creatures of the Indian garden come truly alive in Kipling's expert prose-the birds sing out messages of joy and warning the cobra rears and spreads his sinister hood the brave mongoose leaps and springs, victorious at last.
Rikki's fight to defend his family from the menacing cobras Nag and Nagaina remains as suspenseful and emotive as ever. This gorgeous picture book edition of the classic story from Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book was adapted and illustrated by beloved award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney.'A beautiful edition for reading aloud,' proclaimed Booklist.
in Rudyard Kiplings life and describe their effect on Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Although a few Victorianisms in the text will need to be explained to young readers, the story has held up remarkably well over a century's time. During the Victorian Era, British author Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was both. He was recognized with two lifetime achievement awards: the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now known as the Children's Literature Legacy Award) and the Coretta Scott King Virginia Hamilton Award.With this newly illustrated edition of the treasured classic-written in the 1890s as part of the Jungle Books -readers can once again be captivated by the tale of a mongoose who is taken in by a family of British colonials living in India. His version of The Lion & the Mouse by Aesop was awarded the Caldecott Medal, and his books also received five Caldecott Honor citations. Jerry Pinkney was widely acclaimed for his picture books honoring his Black heritage as well as for his richly detailed works reimagining well-loved fairy and folktales, noted Publishers Weekly. But they do not count on the heart and pride of the brave little mongoose. The snakes are willing to attack Rikki, and even the human family who lives there, to claim the garden and house for themselves.
Soon after a flood washes Rikki into the garden of a family, he comes face-to-face with Nag and Nagaina, two giant cobras. Excitement and danger ebb and flow throughout, added Kirkus. This gorgeous picture book edition of the classic story from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book was adapted and illustrated by beloved award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney.Ī beautiful edition for reading aloud, proclaimed Booklist.
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