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    Rudyard Kipling
    Rudyard Kipling
    Rudyard Kipling
    Audiobook (abridged)1 hour

    Rudyard Kipling

    Written by Rudyard Kipling

    Narrated by Robert Glenister, Michael Maloney and Robert Hardy

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    This anthology contains many of Kipling’s most famous poems, If, Mandalay, Gunga Din. Though sometimes still regarded as a product of the colonial era, Kipling touches a very popular nerve in Britain’s literary tradition, and is regarded more generously now as a master of popular verse. It is often forgotten that he won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateJul 1, 2007
    ISBN9789629546632
    Rudyard Kipling
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    Rudyard Kipling

    Rudyard Kipling was born in India in 1865. After intermittently moving between India and England during his early life, he settled in the latter in 1889, published his novel The Light That Failed in 1891 and married Caroline (Carrie) Balestier the following year. They returned to her home in Brattleboro, Vermont, where Kipling wrote both The Jungle Book and its sequel, as well as Captains Courageous. He continued to write prolifically and was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 but his later years were darkened by the death of his son John at the Battle of Loos in 1915. He died in 1936.

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    • 5/5
      This collection of Rudyard Kipling's poems is very appealing to children. Each poem or excerpt is introduced with background information, is illustrated, and has some of its more challenging vocabulary defined for the reader at the bottom of the page. The book also has an introduction that tells the reader about Kipling and his writings. Within this collection are some verses from his work, "The Jungle Book", that kids may be interested in reading. Given that Kipling wrote 100 years ago and about British imperialism in India, many students may find his work challenging. However, I think that the presentation of this book with its illustrations, vocabulary help, and background information will help students to understand as they read independently. Appropriate for grades 4 and up.
    • 3/5
      A nice little introduction to Rudyard Kipling's poetry. Most of the poems are excerpts from longer works. A paragraph before each provides useful context and a short list of definitions follow each poem to help readers out with older words. The painted illustrations are beautiful but the book design leaves much to be desired: the small (12-point) text frequently runs into the illustrations, making it very difficult to read the words, including one full-page spread with a barely-lightened block for text that is barely legible.

      So, beautiful to look at, useful for old-poetry and Kipling beginners, a good selection that wisely leaves out some famous but problematic works, but not perfect as a physical book.