Puck of Pook's Hill

by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Rackham (Illustrator)

Overview

In the perfect bedtime reading, a mischievous imp called Puck delights two precocious youngsters with 10 magical fables about the hidden histories of Old England. Written especially for Kipling's own children, each enchanting myth is followed by a selection of the master storyteller's spirited poetry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486451473
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	10/27/2006
Series:	Dover Children's Classics Series
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.61(d)
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

About the Author

Nobel Laureate Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) is best remembered for children's tales such as The Jungle Book as well as his poetry and stories about British soldiers in India, which include "Gunga Din" and The Man Who Would Be King. Kipling was enormously popular at the turn of the 20th century but his reputation declined with the change in attitude toward British imperialism. In recent years Kipling's works have found new acclaim as a vibrant source of literary and cultural history.

Editorial Reviews

Kipling is not known as a fantasist, but this audiobook features Puck, one of Shakespeare's fairies—or "people of the hills," the author’s own preferred term. Other characters include one of the old gods and a number of people magicked out of history for the amusement and education of a pair of English children. Narrator Peter Kenny's varied British accents are wonderful; a few, however, as authentic as they are, may strain some American ears. But the narration shifts easily between the stories and the poems in this collection. Some listeners may take offense at the anti-Semitic undertones in a poem and story near the end, but Kenny makes clear Kipling's ringing endorsement of (eventual) freedom for all Britons. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine

JULY 2017 - AudioFile