The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli's parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the sleepy brown bear, who instructs Mowgli in the Laws of the Jungle.

• Hardcover, 256 pages
• 5" x 7"
• Wordsworth Collector's Edition

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1836) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British Imperialism, his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.