This beautiful HarperCollins Children’s Classics edition of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book is the perfect addition to any bookshelf. Complete your library with HarperCollins Children’s Classics. Best known for its Mowgli stories – the thrilling tales of a ‘man-cub’ raised in the jungle by his animal companions – Rudyard Kipling’s masterpiece features some of the most memorable characters in literature: Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther, Kaa the python and Mowgli’s fearsome enemy, Shere Khan the tiger. This beloved collection of seven fables, each accompanied by a poem, brings to life a fantastical world brimming with danger, adventure and triumph. The Jungle Book continues to inspire major films and adaptations over a century after its publication.