The Jungle Book: A BabyLit Storybook

Description

Age range 3 to 5 BabyLit Storybooks are a great way to introduce young readers to the classics, with easy to read storylines and bright illustrations. They are part of the bestselling BabyLit series, which provides a literary education for your brilliant children. In The Jungle Book, preschoolers can tag along on Mowgli's thrilling adventure, meeting wolves, elephants, and even a big snake. With colorful jungle artwork and quotes from Rudyard Kipling's original book, children learn about friendship and love from Baloo the bear and the panther Bagheera, and experience the excitement of escaping the monkeys and defeating Shere Khan, the tiger. This retelling of a classic favorite will be treasured throughout childhood and beyond. BabyLit(R) primers have become the chic, smart way to introduce babies to the most beloved and readable literature of our time. Now a delightful collection of lap books for early readers and their parents is available. Each book in the BabyLit(R) Storybook series retells a story from literary canon with easy-to-follow text and charming artwork.

Stephanie Clarkson lives in leafy Surrey, England, with her husband, two daughters, and a very hairy hound named Bob. She began her writing career as a journalist at Britain's Daily Mail newspaper and continues to write for the British press while dreaming up stories for children. Steph is the author of Sleeping Cinderella and Other Princess Mix-ups, illustrated by Brigette Barrager (Scholastic). Annabel Tempest loves her job--nothing makes her happier than creating patterns, drawing characters, cutting, sticking and coloring in. During her career she has illustrated everything from children's books and greetings cards to maps and packaging. She lives in England in deepest, darkest Somerset. She has a home full of boys--a big one, some small ones and a couple with waggy tails! Annabel is bursting with ideas and gets very excited about working on new pictures.