The Jungle Book Connections and Further Reading
by Rudyard Kipling

In 1895 Kipling published The Second Jungle Book as a sequel to his popular collection of stories. In it, the reader follows the experiences of an older Mowgli, who returns to the jungle to become the leader of the wolves.

Several of Kipling's other works that deal with young people coming of age are suitable for young readers, particularly Kim and Captains Courageous.

The Jungle Book was filmed in 1942 with Sabu in the role of Mowgli. The movie is notable both for its imaginative sets and sumptuous color. In 1967 Disney Studios made an animated cartoon with a musical score of The Jungle Book which is especially suitable for very young children.

Carrington, Charles C. Rudyard Kipling. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1955. This book is the standard biography of Kipling and demonstrates the relationship between the author's life and his work.

Dobree, Bonamy. Rudyard Kipling: Realist and Fabulist. London: Oxford University Press, 1967. This book explores Kipling's central themes and deals with the problem of his colonialist ideas.

Gilbert, Eliott, ed. Kipling and His Critics. New York: New York University Press, 1965. This work reviews the first critical responses to Kipling's work.

Rao, K. Bhaskara. "Rudyard Kipling." In Critical Survey of Long Fiction, edited by Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1983. A helpful survey of Kipling's life and three of his most important novels.

Rutherford, Andrew, ed. Kipling's Mind and Art: Selected Critical Essays. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1964. A good anthology presenting a wide range of subjects.

Shahne, Vasant A. Rudyard Kipling: Activist and Artist. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press: 1973. This study examines the Indian background of Kipling's writing and has an especially helpful discussion of the subject of Buddhism in Kim.