The Jungle Masks by Nathalie Parain was published in 1933. The purpose of the book is to create seven animal masks, all inspired by Kipling’s Jungle Book: the wolf, the panther, the tiger, the monkey, the hyena, the vulture and the man-cub. To ensure accuracy in her pictures, Nathalie Parain used to go to the Jardin des Plantes (Paris Botanic Garden) on a regular basis. There, she made animal sketches from her observations. The picture book is part of a series of book-games published by famous French publisher Le Père Castor: it aims at encouraging children’s skills such as sense of observation, memorisation, making comparisons and inferences, reading, imagination and aesthetic sensitivity.

Hardcover activity book, printed in pantone colours, 36 pages, 24 x 28.2 cm