Until recently, drawings made to help shape the characters could only be seen in the British Library. Now they will feature in a new edition
Evocative drawings that Rudyard Kipling created for The Jungle Book but never used are to be published for the first time.
Mowgli, the Indian boy raised by wolves, and his mentor Bagheera, the black panther, are among sketches created by the author in helping him to shape the jungle characters that were to enchant generations of readers.
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