Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (picture book) explained

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Author:	Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator:	Jerry Pinkney
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	Children's literature, picture book, Indian folktales
Published:	1997 (Morrow Junior Books)
Media Type:	Print (hardback)
Pages:	40 (unpaginated)
Isbn:	9780688143206
Oclc:	36017251

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a 1997 retelling of Rudyard Kipling's classic story by Jerry Pinkney about a mongoose that protects a family from two cobras. The book won a Caldecott honor in 1998 for its illustrations.

Reception

A review of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Booklist wrote: "Just as recent picture books have brought the Just So Stories to a new generation of children, this lovely edition has the inimitable language and visual appeal to intrigue a somewhat older group of readers or listeners". School Library Journal wrote: "In this glorious picture book, Pinkney's accessible retelling and dramatic watercolors plunge readers into the lush garden Rikki rules and the life of the family he comes to guard. .. This great story has been given the loving treatment it deserves".^[1]

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,^[2] Kirkus Reviews,^[3] and The Horn Book Magazine.^[4]

The book was named in a "1997 Capital Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens",^[5] and a "1997 CCBC Choice".^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rikki-tikki-tavi . Buffalo and Erie County Public Library . March 20, 2017.
2. Web site: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (starred review) . Full-bodied watercolors showcase visually thrilling confrontations between Rikki-tikki and his slithering enemies, while portraits of Rikki-tikki snuggling with the family are warm without being sappy. A captivating work. . September 29, 1997 . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. March 20, 2017.
3. Web site: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi . July 1, 1997 . Excitement and danger ebb and flow throughout the illustrations for this classic story. .. Pinkney puts his heart into a story he loves, and makes it live again. . Kirkus Reviews . Kirkus Media LLC . March 20, 2017.
4. Book: Rikki-tikki-tavi. What Pinkney's retelling (and mild bowdlerization) of a beloved story from The Jungle Book loses of Kipling's gifted language it gains in pictorial richness. .. Pinkney's Rikki is heroic but never anthropomorphized, which lends the story verisimilitude. . kcls.bibliocommons.com . 1997 . Morrow Junior Books . March 20, 2017.
5. Web site: Capital Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens: 1998 Books for Ages Seven to Ten . 4 . capitolchoices.org . Capital Choices . March 20, 2017.
6. Book: CCBC Choices 1997: New Editions of Classic Literature . Kathleen T. Horning . Ginny Moore Kruse . Megan Schliesman . 1998 . 64 . Friends of the CCBC Inc. . March 20, 2017.