Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in Bombay, the son of an
Anglo-Indian Professor of Architectural Sculpture. There he was
brought up in the care of "ayahs," or native nurses, who taught him
Hindustani and the native lore that always haunted his imagination
and can be seen clearly reflected in Just So Stories. At the age of
six, he was sent to school in England at Westward Ho!, the scene of
Stalky & Co. In 1883, he returned to India and embarked on a
careerin journalism, writing the news stories as well as the tales
and ballads that began to make his reputation. After seven years,
he went back to England, the literary "Star of the Hour." He
married an American and stayed in Vermont from 1892 to 1894. Then
he settled down in the English countryside, where he remained,
except for a few trips abroad, for the rest of his life. The author
of innumerable stories and poems, Rudyard Kipling is especially
known for Soldiers Three (1888), The Light That Failed (1890), The
Jungle Books (1894-95), Captains Courageous (1897), Stalky & Co.
(1899), Kim (1901), and Just So Stories (1902). Among many other
honors, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Boston, Avi is the author
of more than fifty books for children and young adults beginning
with Things That Sometimes Happen (1970). Among his numerous awards
are the Newbery Award and two Newbery Honors, two Horn Book awards,
the O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, and a Christopher Award.
Shashi Deshpande is the author of nine novels, most notably The
Dark Holds No Terrors, That Long Silence, A Matter of Time, Small
Remedies, and In the Country of Deceit, which was shortlisted for
the Regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize. She also has four books
for children, a collection of essays, several volumes of short
stories, as well as translations from two Indian languages into
English to her credit. Her own novels and short stories have been
translated into many Indian and European languages. She lives in
Bangalore, India.
HarperChildren's Audio continues its re-release rollout of classic backlist titles with Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories and Other Tales performed by the late British actor Boris Karloff. Just So stories include "How the Leopard Got His Spots" and "The Elephant's Child"; the "other stories" are tales from Kipling's The Jungle Book, including "Mowgli's Brothers." (July) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Kipling's beloved collection of children's stories (adults will enjoy them, too) are read to perfection by Boris Karloff. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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