Something for Summer Reading: ‘The Jungle Book’ by Rudyard Kipling

Something for Summer Reading: ‘The Jungle Book’ by Rudyard Kipling
Mowgli made leader of the Bandar-log (monkey folk), 1903, by John Charles Dollman. Public Domain
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Are you looking for a fine and fun summertime read to rekindle the sunny days of your youth? Or perhaps to read to your children in the late-summer evenings? There may be no better book for you and your little ones than “The Jungle Book” for its whimsy and its wisdom.

Rudyard Kipling’s celebrated collection of stories called “The Jungle Book” is a spirited, playful safari with moments of profound gravity that both evoke and enshrine what it means to be human in a wilderness of creatures—that is, to have ascendency and stewardship.

Sean Fitzpatrick
Sean Fitzpatrick
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Sean Fitzpatrick serves on the faculty of Gregory the Great Academy, a boarding school in Elmhurst, Pa., where he teaches humanities. His writings on education, literature, and culture have appeared in a number of journals, including Crisis Magazine, Catholic Exchange, and the Imaginative Conservative.
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