Jungle Tales (Cuentos de la Selva) is a collection of eight short stories by Uruguayan writer and naturalist Horacio Quiroga that was published with enormous success in 1918. To this day, children in elementary schools across all Latin America read this book as a part of their curriculum. In these stories, Horacio Quiroga captures the magic of the jungle, which is the scene of great and exciting adventures illuminated by nature in allits splendor. Jungle Tales expands the spectrum of literature for English speaking kids and teenagers and introduces them to new cultures and a different way of seeing the world.