Author:Frances Hodgson Burnett,John Boyne
Puffin Classics bring the very best children's stories to a new generation.
lovely reissue in Puffin Classics of the story of a small, angelic boy from New York who is told he is the heir to an English earldom and is whisked away to the English countryside where he begins to win over his bad-tempered old grandfather. When the boy's identity is challenged, his old friends from New York come to his rescue.
A book brimming with delight
—— Philip PullmanThe Jungle Book was one of those rare books that I felt I was actually living as I read it
—— Michael MorpurgoLoved by children and adults alike
—— Daily MailThe Just So Stories and The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling have always held a fascination for me
—— HRH Prince of WalesRudyard Kipling laid the foundations of modern children's literature with works such as The Jungle Book... wild, magnificent stories that felt as though they'd always existed, stories people might have told each other in the caves
—— Daily Telegraph