These were the stories he told his children when
they were small. Each time he told
them they had to be exactly the same
as last time —Just So!
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There is much more to Mowgli
than you see in the movies,
and many more characters in the Jungle Books.
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Puck steps out of the hill
in deepest Sussex, and introduces
the children to an exciting cast
of people from England's past.
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The next year they meet Queen Bess, Saint Wilfrid,
7th Century Bishop of York, and Nicholas Culpeper,
herbalist, doctor and astrologer...
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Kipling greatly relished his schooldays, his alliance with his study-mates, 'Stalky' and 'Turkey', and their adventures.
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Ten stories of courage, skill, wit and endeavour, which Kipling hoped would be
of interest to teenagers—and perhaps inspire them.
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