Other editions of book The Jungle Book & The Second 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. The Second Jungle Book contains some of the most thrilling of the Mowgli stories. It includes Red Dog, in which Mowgli forms an unlikely alliance with the python Kaa, How Fear Came and Letting in the Jungle as well as The Spring Running, which brings Mowgli to manhood and the realisation that he must leave Bagheera, Baloo and his other friends for the world of man.

Best Navigation (with book and chapter navigation) - very easy to navigateCONTENTS:THE JUNGLE BOOKMowgli's BrothersHunting-Song of the Seeonee PackKaa's HuntingRoad-Song of the Bandar-Log"Tiger! Tiger!"Mowgli's SongThe White SealLukannon"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"Darzee's ChantToomai of the ElephantsShiv and the GrasshopperHer Majesty's ServantsParade Song of the Camp AnimalsTHE SECOND JUNGLE BOOKHow Fear CameThe Law of The JungleThe Miracle of Purun BhagatA Song of KabirLetting in the JungleMowgli's Song against PeopleThe UndertakersA Ripple SongThe King's AnkusThe Song of The Little HunterQuiquern'Angutivaun Taina'Red DogChil's SongThe Spring RunningThe OutsongSearch a title: enter Forward2

"The Jungle Book" is a collection of stories. The tales in the book are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families and communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle." The best-known of them are the three stories revolving around the adventures of an abandoned "man cub" Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. The most famous of the other four stories are probably "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", the story of a heroic mongoose, and "Toomai of the Elephants", the tale of a young elephant-handler. As with much of Kipling's work, each of the stories is preceded by a piece of verse, and succeeded by another."The Second Jungle Book" is a sequel which features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont.Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".