Rudyard Kipling and Kiddie Lit
Few authors have as tumultuous a relationship with modern India as Rudyard Kipling. His political views, expressed in poems such as The White Man’s
Burden led many to deride him as racist. Yet Kipling’s lush depictions of 19th-century India in works such as The Jungle Book also made him one of the best-selling authors in the country.
That’s proved one thing: despite his politics, there is always a market for new editions of Kipling. The latest offerings come from Ladybird, a division of Penguin books in India, which recently released four new adaptations of Kipling’s Just-So-Stories, and may consider publishing more in the future, said Heather Adams, an editor with the imprint.