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The White Seal

From The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling

This reader is from The Jungle Book, published in 1894 by Rudyard Kipling, who also wrote stories of Mowgli and the wolves. This text reflects its era; a few period terms have been modernised. Kipling based the seal rookery on real places in the Bering Sea, where seals gather by the thousands every summer. The story is worth reading because it shows a young seal who refuses to accept cruelty, searches the whole ocean for a better way, and leads his people to safety through courage and determination—a timeless picture of what one determined individual can accomplish.

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Yellow · Emerging readersTypical starting range: ages 6–8

Length

medium · about 534 words in 6 sections · 4 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 (8 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Colouring page
• · Teacher’s Edition (members)

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