![]() I picked up a copy of the The Jungle Book, manga edition on a whim and I was very pleasantly pleased with it. In the interest of full disclosure, I received this graphic novel from NetGalley and Udon Entertainment in exchange for an honest review. Because of that and because this unabridged magna tracks the real book so closely, I award it three stars. However, just as the Educator Library Classics edition led me to read real classics, perhaps - just perhaps - someday a child reading this manga version will one day decide to turn to Rudyard Kipling’s own words. However, the manga Jungle Book just doesn’t rise to the level of a real book - even one adulterated to make it more palatable to tweens. Chan for being faithful to Rudyard Kipling’s novels. ![]() I don’t take issue with the Japanese-style illustrations in the book published by Udon Entertain my own children love ’em. Is this manga version as good as the Educator Library Classics editions? Not even close. But they gave me a taste of what great literature looked like, and I went on to read the originals later. Were they abridged and dumbed down a bit? Sure. 7, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, and No. Her very own books - with all the hard words defined in glosses at the sides! You can still get the Kindle versions (now renamed Classic Starts) on Amazon, no longer numbered and with additional classics added since 1968. But she loved to read, so every single week her father, who preferred Publix, went to Winn Dixie and bought just enough that he could get that week’s hardbound Educator Classic Library children’s classic for the reduced price ($1, I think). Once upon a time, there was a little girl whose father didn’t make very much money.
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