A review by berlinbibliophile
Das Dschungelbuch by Rudyard Kipling

5.0

When I was a small child I saw Disney's Jungle Book film and I got so scared that I started crying and had to stop watching. My parents remembered that this year, and decided to give me this beautifully illustrated edition of the Jungle book. As a grown-up, I an now appreciate that the stories in this collection are wonderful and inventive, and the accompanying illustrations breathtaking, the interactive parts fun to play with. I think my favourite story was the last, in which the army animals discuss their service. It had such a dreamlike quality, in which animals language is understood as a matter of course, it was quite enchanting, and I really appreciated all the different personalities of the animals.