Follow Mowgli as he battles with the ruthless tiger, Shere Khan, meets Kaa, the cunning snake, and learns the laws of the jungle with his friends, Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear. With a stunning foiled jacket, ribbon marker and beautiful original colour illustrations throughout, this is a book to treasure.

4) The voyage of Osiris: a myth of ancient Egypt

Author

McDermott, Gerald

Publisher

Windmill Books and E.P. Dutton

Pub. Date

c1977

Language

English

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Retells the myth of how Osiris, ruler of Egypt and husband of Isis, comes to be ruler instead of the underworld.

5) Till we have faces: a myth retold

Author

Lewis, C. S

Publisher

Harcourt Brace & Co

Pub. Date

Language

English

Description

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From the Publisher: This tale of two princesses-one beautiful and one unattractive-and of the struggle between sacred and profane love is Lewis's reworking of the myth of Cupid and Psyche and one of his most enduring works.

6) Mistress Masham's repose

Author

White, T. H

Series

New York Review children's collection

Publisher

New York Review Books

Pub. Date

2004

Language

English

Description

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Ten-year-old Maria, an orphaned heiress living with her unpleasant guardians on a crumbling English estate called Malplaquet, finds her life changing in unimagined ways when she explores an overgrown island on the estate's lake and discovers the descendants of Gulliver's Lilliputians.