The Spring Running
Gilt-stamped cover from the original edition of The Second Jungle Book, based on interior illustrations by John Lockwood Kipling. The front cover depicts the white cobra from "The King's Ankus"; the spine art shows Mowgli and Kaa wrestling from the same story.
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| Author | Rudyard Kipling |
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| Illustrator | John Lockwood Kipling (Rudyard's father) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Jungle Books |
| Genre | Children's book |
| Publisher | Macmillan Publishers |
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November 1895 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Preceded by | The Jungle Book |
| Followed by | The Third Jungle Book |
The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont. All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894-5, often under different titles. The original book is now worth $3.4 million. The 1994 film The Jungle Book used this book as a source.
Each story is followed by a related poem:
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