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Tiger! Tiger!

From The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

This reader is engineered from 'Tiger! Tiger!', the third story in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, first published in 1894. The story follows Mowgli as he leaves the wolf pack and tries to live among men in an Indian village, only to find that he belongs fully to neither world. When the lame tiger Shere Khan returns to hunt him, Mowgli uses his knowledge of both jungle and village to set a trap. Kipling's tale explores belonging, identity, and the courage to stand between two worlds. This text reflects its era; a few period terms have been modernised. The story is worth a child's time because it shows that true strength comes not from fitting in perfectly, but from using all that you are—even the parts that make you different.

Band

Green · Independent readers, earlyTypical starting range: ages 9–11

Length

long · about 865 words in 6 sections · 3 pictures

Source

The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling

First published

1894

Regions

Canada · United States

Included formats

• · Web reader and PDF
• · EPUB for e-readers
• · Home-print sheet
• · Folded booklet
• · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
• · Worksheet
• · Quick Check (10 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Teacher’s Edition (members)

Readers are engineered from the original public-domain text with AI under HummingRead’s published canon and Content Philosophy, checked by automated audit and sampled by a person. Pictures are made with AI to HummingRead’s brief for each story. How a reader is made.

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