Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling's famous Just So Stories provide imaginative answers to the many questions children ask about the world and the animals we share it with.

This magical collection includes 'The Cat That Walked By Himself', 'How the Whale Got His Throat', 'How the Camel Got His Hump', 'The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo' amongst many others.

Enchanting and funny, these fantastical stories continue to delight each and every generation.

When Mowgli loses his parents to a vicious tiger attack in a deep forest in India, he is taken in by a pack of wolves. Adopted by the Wolf Mother Raksha and their leader Akela, young Mowgli learns to adapt to the jungle life and becomes best friends with Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, who know the ways of men well and will do anything to protect the boy.

But when Shere Khan, a tiger who hates humans with a passion, returns to hunt down Mowgli, Bagheera decides the boy should return to civilization. Mowgli is torn between leaving behind his beloved jungle and animal companions, but their adventures teach him valuable lessons about survival and life in the jungle.

In this radical radio reboot, Kipling's family classic is given a darker twist and reimagined in the concrete jungle of present-day India. Born in a tenement block in Mumbai, orphan boy Mowgli is brought up by the Wolves, a gang of tough, streetwise petty criminals, and quickly learns how to survive in that world. But when the villainous politician Tiger Khan threatens his life, two residents of the block, the 'black panther' Bagheera and the 'bear' Baloo, offer to help him escape.

Leaving behind the only home he's ever known, Mowgli embarks on a journey of self-discovery through the city, meeting 'creatures' along the way who don't always have his best interests at heart... Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon, whose radio version of Midnight's Children won Best Adaptation at the 2018 Audio Drama Awards, this stunning audio retelling features Namit Das (A Suitable Boy) as Mo, with Bollywood stars Rajit Kapur and Shernaz Patel as Tiger Khan and Mrs Gupta.

The story of the man-cub Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, guided by his mentors Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and the ancient python Kaa, and who confronts his arch-enemy Shere Khan the tiger, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. Mowgli's adventures are juxtaposed with other animal stories set in the British Empire, ranging from the heroic battle of 'Rikki-tikki-tavi' and the Himalayan pastoral 'Purun Bhagat' to the drama of survival in 'The White Seal'.

These witty stories were originally told by Rudyard Kipling to his own children. In them he gives fanciful accounts of how and why things came to be as they are. Generations of children have delighted to learn how the Leopard got his spots; how the Elephant's Child on the banks of the great Limpopo acquired his trunk with the help of the Crocodile; and why rhinos have folds in their skins and bad tempers, among many others.

Kimball O’Hara, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier in India during the Raj, is adopted by his father’s regiment. His recruitment into the British Secret Service takes the reader into the intricacies of the ‘Great Game’ of espionage.

Two British soldiers in India decide to resign from the Army and set themselves up as deities in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander. This anthology of Rudyard Kipling's greatest short stories contains some of the most memorable and popular examples of the genre of which he was undisputed master.

A collection of school stories based on Kipling's experiences at the United Services College in Westward Ho!. The boys display a cynical outlook towards patriotism and authority.