acschaffer 's review for:

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

3.0

---

This classic children's story is appropriate for adults like me who barely remember the old animated movie and Little Golden Book versions of the story because it's always a good idea to get the full story straight from the source. It's a good thing I did, because it was quite different than I remembered. The edition I read included three chapters that told the story of Mowgli. The last four chapters were each independent stories that all took place in the jungle and had a similar style, but had no overlapping characters. The animals were referred to as "people", and each type of animal spoke a different language that could be learned by other animals.

I'm sure there are deep meanings of the book that relate to humanity, but I haven't taken the effort to think that through. I simply enjoyed the stories for what they are.