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  • Summary

  • Winner of the 2016 Audie Award for Best Audio Drama
    Winner of the 2016 Audie Award for Excellence in Production

    The magical storytelling and unforgettable characters in Bev Doyle and Richard Kurti's audio adaptation of this children's classic have been brought to life by many well-known voices from film, TV, radio and comedy.

    Audible recommends an audience age of eight years plus for this title.
    Public Domain (P)2015 Audible, Ltd.
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Episodes
  • Episode 1

    Episode 1

    Jul 4 2018

    Hunted by the fearsome tiger Shere Khan, a defenceless young man-cub is taken in by a family of wolves who name him Mowgli. Brought before Akela, the head of the wolf pack, Mowgli finds acceptance but also earns the tiger's wrath, who swears that one day the boy will be his.

    With the guidance of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther, Mowgli must quickly learn the ways of the jungle if he is ever to survive.

    In Audible's award-winning dramatisation of Kipling's classic tale, Mowgli's fate is magically, dramatically and faithfully brought to life by a cast that features the voice talents of Richard E Grant, Colin Salmon, Bill Bailey, Tim McInnerny and Celia Imrie.
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  • Episode 2

    Episode 2

    Jul 4 2018

    When the rains fail and the Peace Rock is exposed in the dry riverbed, Hathi the elephant calls a Water Truce. Protected by the law of the jungle, Mowgli comes face to face with Shere Khan at the sluggish watering hole.

    However, a more immediate threat than Shere Khan is about to make itself known.
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  • Episode 3

    Episode 3

    Jul 4 2018

    Mowgli has been kidnapped by the infamous Bandar-log monkeys, so Baloo and Bagheera seek the aid of the animal whom the monkeys fear most - Kaa, the rock python!

    Meanwhile, in the great ruins of the Monkey City, Mowgli finds himself prisoner.
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Animals Literature & Fiction Classics
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Wonderful.

Voices, sounds and song well mingled. I don't usually like multiple-cast readings, but this was just enchanting.
Really well done.

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Beautifully presented!

This is an exquisite reading of the jungle book. Thankyou! I thoroughly enjoyed the dramatic show, and although it was rewritten for this it was well done and true to the original.

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  • mel
  • 24-02-2020

amazing performance.

made the story come alive. I thourougly enjoyed this audio book. thankyou for making it

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highly captivating. veritable charming. I loved every nuance of this story. the animal characters are so lovable

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loved it

great stories, narration brilliant. loved every minute of this series. would recommend to children and adults alike.

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Law of the Jungle

Filled with vivid imagery, and detail. You feel like Mowgli amongst his friends in the jungle. A series worth listening to

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Wonderful.

Wonderful voice acting! I loved these stories, they were very well read. Well worth listening to.

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Can't wait to share this with kids and alike!

A beautiful story, beautifully told. Entering Mowglis world made me feel like a child enjoying reading novellas for the first time... while I do the dishes :)

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Its a Classic

its just amazing. this story was published about 100 years back. but it still relates to you.
this is a must read.

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enjoyed this it was quite immersive

I found this to be a great story with a good soundtrack and interesting characters. I enjoyed the whole performance.

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  • Serena Salinas
  • 27-07-2021

An All Around Excellent Audio Selection

I don't remember if I used one of my (precious) credits for this - I don't think I did - but if it had costed me a credit, it would have been worth it. I would have paid for it too because I enjoyed it that much. As an avid audible/ audio book/ podcasts listner, I apprecaite the quality of storytelling, sound effects, narration, and how the narrators bring their animal characters to life through only their voice and breath work. If I remember correctly, the episodes are short, approximately 15-20 minutes, so you can break it up or binge on it (like I did). Happy hunting....

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  • hawkchild
  • 04-07-2021

Tremendous audio

Everything is magic. This is so well done; high quality and exciting. The readers are fantastic. More options like this, please.

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  • Melony Snicket
  • 07-04-2021

So Well Done

This series is beautifully acted, directed, and orchestrated. I enjoyed it thoroughly! Occasionally the sound effects were a little on the nose, but 95% of the time they helped bring the tales to life. Highly recommended.

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  • Ian Scott
  • 17-12-2018

Excellent stories well produced

Kipling's stories are so engrossing and entertaining. The vibe actors have done a marvelous job in bring the various characters to life. Very enjoyable.

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  • Keeley Dossi
  • 06-09-2018

Outstanding perfromances all round

I downloaded this on a whim and never expected to enjoy this so much. The performances bring this classic to life. Something I would happily return to again and again.

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  • Cliente de Kindle
  • 13-03-2020

classic

loved the way it was read. very good. lm really pleased I have finally read the whole story.

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  • Hormozi
  • 07-03-2020

A lovely reminder of my youth

As a boy I loved the jungle book. This was a well narrated audio book that brought old memories flooding back. Cannot believe this is available free of charge!

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  • M. Kovac
  • 15-12-2019

for 8-10 year olds

Play it to a 5 year old and you'll have fun sleeping on the edge of your bed while the little oppressor sleeping in the middle (taking up space of 2 people) demands that you protect them from scary jungle creatures lurking under theirs.

It's good but heed my warning. It ain't for preschoolers.

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  • Mike P
  • 02-03-2020

Great adaptation of classic book

So much more to the story than the film with beautiful language. My children loved it.

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  • James
  • 07-08-2019

Unbearable hissing noise

While it's a nice touch to add sound effects, it's prohibitive to enjoying the performance in places. Chapter two opens with a hissing background noise, possibly intended to be water. It's not in the background enough though and competes with the narration and performance. Very disappointing.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 27-06-2021

Absolutely fantastic

Top narration by all characters and I loved the short stories. Started off as a an audio book to help me sleep but I ended up wanting to know what was going to happen in each story to Mowgli and the others!
Really fantastic, you need this in your audio library.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 18-05-2021

jungle book

A great classic well performed and in nice little bite sized chunks. Would definitely recommend.

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  • mrs S
  • 13-05-2021

Magical better than the Disney version

I loved it all,the different actors voices,the sound effects, the twists and turns of the story line which had far more depth than the Disney film. It was a beautiful story about the making of a man. It also showed how love and friendship can overcome all odds. I don't think it would be suitable for young children as there was suggestions of violence.

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