He was recognized with two lifetime achievement awards: the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now known as the Children's Literature Legacy Award) and the Coretta Scott King Virginia Hamilton Award. His version of The Lion & the Mouse by Aesop was awarded the Caldecott Medal, and his books also received five Caldecott Honor citations. Jerry Pinkney was "widely acclaimed for his picture books honoring his Black heritage as well as for his richly detailed works reimagining well-loved fairy and folktales," noted Publishers Weekly. The plot is everything and the background is whatever suits each. I imagined the boys bed as a bunk bed for instance. The garden is perfect for each reader and the characters are exactly as they should be. Everyone can see the story in the house they think fits best. But they do not count on the heart and pride of the brave little mongoose. In Rikki-Tikki-Tavi you can imagine all the details of the story for yourself. The snakes are willing to attack Rikki, and even the human family who lives there, to claim the garden and house for themselves. Soon after a flood washes Rikki into the garden of a family, he comes face-to-face with Nag and Nagaina, two giant cobras. "Excitement and danger ebb and flow throughout," added Kirkus. "A beautiful edition for reading aloud," proclaimed Booklist. This gorgeous picture book edition of the classic story from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book was adapted and illustrated by beloved award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney. A classic story from Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book, adapted and illustrated by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney, this is the tale of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a fearless young mongoose.
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