Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a mongoose, lives with a small family in India. He finds out that two cobras, Nag and his wife Nagaina, are planning to kill the two adults and their young son Teddy. The clever mongoose decides to protect them and to take on the dangerous snakes. I first got to know this story

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through the 1970s animated movie and I fell in love with the brave animal. The book is even better.

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I've love the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi since I was a little boy and this Rudyard Kipling story is complimented by beautiful artwork by Jerry Pinkney who does an excellent job of bringing to life the characters. the story follows Rikki a mongoose as he is taken in by a family and how he protects

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the little boy from snakes that are trying to kill him.

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As always, Jerry Pinkney provides new depth to classic stories through his remarkable illustrations.

A young mongoose, named Rikki-tikki-tavi makes a new home with a human family. He earns the family's trust and appreciation by protecting them and saving them from the dangerous snakes on their land.

The book would be beneficial in a discussion about pets, how they are treated, and how pet owners

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feel about their various pets.

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One of my favorites from childhood. Still an outstanding short story. It is amazing how much information Kipling puts into the story.

This book is about a mongoose that washes upon a shore of a family that owns a garden full of animals. Some of the animals including bireds and vicious snakes. Rikki Tikki is not afraid of anything or any animal. He kills some of the most vicious snakes in the garden and protects his human family

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throughout the entire book. When some other snakes want revenge for killing their brothers, Rikki Tikki outsmarts the snakes and kills them as well. Rikki Tikki was a hero.

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My favorite of Kipling's works. Rikki is one of the cutest protagonists I have ever seen. The illustrations for this book are a phenomenal addition to a beautiful story.

Rikki Tikki Tavi is about a young mongoose who has the courage to defend his new family from the deadly Cobras. I enjoyed this book because it has adventure and engages the reader with a suspenseful storyline. Due to the amount of text in the book I would suggest this book for grades 1-3.

This would be a good book to talk about character traits and how the different charades feel throughout the story.

I must have read, or listened to, Rikki Tikki Tavi at some point in my life; I wonder if I had an abridged record (yes, I mean vinyl) when I was small. I wonder if I still have it. I knew the basics, but there was a lot more to it than I recalled (if I had a record when I was small, it was probably

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bowldlerized). I have to give Kipling credit – Rikki Tikki was cocky and self-important – but I liked him.

And the narration by Emma Lysy was a delight. I received this via Audiobookblast.com in exchange for a review. With thanks!

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"Rikk-tikk-tikki-tikki-tchk!" A classic story from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, adapted and illustrated by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney, this is the tale of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a fearless young mongoose. Soon after a flood washes Rikki into the garden of an English family, he comes

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face-to-face with Nag and Nagaina, two giant cobras. The snakes are willing to attack Rikki, and even the human family who lives there, to claim the garden and house for themselves. But they do not count on the heart and pride of the brave little mongoose.

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The Classic tale of a mongoose pitted against the cobras and welcomed among his human family for it. Set culturally and language wise in the late 1800s, and the ruling classes during the occupation of the British Empire, it may be a little 'dated' but it's a perfect short story of the animal

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underdog winning the day.

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I know I read this story as a child, but it’s been a long time. Then, when we were at the bookstore this weekend, my son found this book and HAD to have it. It is a nicely illustrated version of the story – Rikki is VERY cute. And we’ve decided that if we ever live in India, we are definitely

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getting a pet mongoose. It does make me a bit sad to see the cobras villified this way (because we like snakes at least as much as we like mongooses – mongeese? – in general, but Nag and Nagaina are just mean). We read this at bedtime last night, and I have a feeling it will become one of the bedtime favourites. And YAY! I love stuff that I can read using different voices. Lots of fun.

LJ Discussion

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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a short story originally published in 1894 by Rudyard Kipling. It tells the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (named for the noise he makes) a mongoose who protects a British family living in India from two cobras, Nag and Nagaina, living in the garden.