jungles

Describes the characteristics and location of different types of jungles and the people, plants, and animals that inhabit them.

A tortoise and a hedgehog combine their natural assets and transform themselves into armadillos to escape the hungry attention of a young jaguar.

In 1834 when a storm at sea destroys the slave ship on which she is a stowaway, twelve-year-old Emma musters all her resourcefulness to survive in the African jungle.

As the Thornberrys explore an island in Indonesia, a Noisy Friarbird who likes to sound false alarms warns them of so many imaginary dangers that they do not believe him when he announces a real threat.

Illustrations and rhythmic text offer a tribute to the jungle and the creatures who call it home. Includes an audio tape with a music version of the text.

Mowgli, left alone in the jungle as a toddler after his parents are run off by Shere Khan, a Bengal tiger, grows to adulthood with the help of kind animals, always knowing his own showdown with the tiger is yet to come.

A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, Lord and Lady Greystoke, is adopted by an ape, whose own infant has died, and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being.

Describes the climate, plant and animal life, people, and destruction of the jungles and rainforests of the world.

Contains more stories of Mowgli, now an older and wiser young man still living in the jungle with his friends Bagheera, Akela, Baloo, and Kaa.