A jungle filled with animals and the occasional human being, where some live through exciting, at times dangerous situations, all of which are narrated by Horacio Quiroga with a large dose of humour. Early readers will have fun learning how the caimans manage to save their river when it is threatened by mankind, or why flamingos always stand on one leg; and they will be moved by the story of the little hog-nosed coon who gave up his freedom to live with some children, or the turtle who saved the life of a man by carrying him on his shell. Jungle Stories is, above all, a hymn to nature and solidarity.