The illustrations in this exciting reader for beginners will enthuse children to the point that they won"t want to part with their Mowgli. When Mowgli meets the tiger, Shere Khan and isn"t able to cross the river to escape, he realises that he must learn to swim. With a little help from his friends Baloo, Bagheera, Hathi and the others, Mowgli discovers that swimming isn"t so difficult after all!