"RUN AND FIND OUT"
This is the motto of every true mongoose. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi's mother entrusted it to him as a young mongoose, knowing he would one day dance with death.
Here is the legend of the great war that Rikki-Tikki fought single-handed, through the bathrooms of the big bungalow, through the melon gardens, atop the veranda, and down the rat hole.
Now keep up! There is danger outside your doors, too. Will you run and hide? Or will you run with Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?
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Rudyard Kipling remains the youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and one of the best-known of the late Victorian poets and gifted story-tellers. Kipling is read widely for works including The Jungle Books, Just So Stories, and If. He rests in the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey.
Forrest Dickison illustrates children’s books, paints landscapes, and works in animation. He and his wife Danielle live in Moscow, Idaho, and have four young children. Forrest illustrated all the books in the Hello Ninja series, which became an original series on Netflix. He also wielded the paint behind instant hits like Sir Badalot and Crispin’s Rainy Day. Visit him online at www.forrestdickison.com.
AUTHOR: Rudyard Kipling
ILLUSTRATOR: Forrest Dickison
BINDING: Hardback
PAGE COUNT: 64
SIZE: 8.25x10.5
ISBN 10: 8-90077-109-4
ISBN-13: 979-8-90077-109-0
CANONBALL SPECIAL PRE-RELEASE DATE: July 21, 2026
NATIONWIDE RELEASE DATE: September 15, 2026