The Jungle Book (Illustrated) The 1894 Classic Edition with Original Illustrations

When he dies, he's immersed in an animated version of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

when he dies, he's immersed in an animated version of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

The jungle book that we had in the Soviet Union is very different ...

when Eric came along ... he still loves The Jungle Book. He loves 101 Dalmatians.

And bizarrely, it's in America that he writes his two greatest Indian books or two, certainly the two books for which he's most famous. And in 1893, the year after Josephine is born and dedicated to her, he writes The Jungle Book, a story of Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves.

But it is indicative of Kipling going through a period of incorporating his Indian experience. So those memories of India.

She loved the jungle book especially the part where Baloo the bear dresses up in a hula skirt but what kid doesn't love that?

The boy enjoyed the film The Jungle Book. I liked The Jungle Book too when I was a kid but he was especially fascinated with the scene where Baloo the bear wears a hula skirt and dances around.

Well what child isn't fascinated with a dancing bear in a hula skirt?

And I sing a couple of the songs from the jungle book one of the songs we act that out We do the whole thing like literally When I put her to bed, I do like a 45 minute set, right?

And I sing a couple of the songs from the jungle book one of the songs we act that out We do the whole thing like literally When I put her to bed, I do like a 45 minute set, right?

He was racist. He was, wrote some really racist stuff. You know? And the original text of the Jungle Book is not so sweet.

Lassiter recited a Rudyard Kipling poem then claimed that he had been responsible for making Kipling famous

Lassiter recited a Rudyard Kipling poem then claimed that he had been responsible for making Kipling famous.