First published by Macmillan in 1894 The Jungle Book is the classic collection of animal tales that shows Rudyard Kipling's writing for children at its best The short stories & poems include the tale of Mowgli a boy raised by a pack of wolves in the Indian jungle We meet the tiger Shere Khan Bagheera the black panther Baloo the 'sleepy brown bear' & the python Kaa Other famous stories include the tale of the fearless mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi & that of elephant-handler Toomai of the Elephants With a beautiful foiled cover this edition from the original publisher of Rudyard Kipling's much-loved classic is a book to treasure