Rikki-tikki-tavi is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. The story, and my illustration, were to be used by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in a text book for 6th grade students, used to teach reading skills.

The illustration was used as a spread (across two pages) with the story starting on the right. A photo of a mongoose (Rikki-tikki-tavi) would be striped into the large, center panel of the illustration.