The Jungle Book

Manga Classics brings to life Rudyard Kipling's original collection of short stories in this fantastic manga adaptation. Heavily influenced by his childhood in British-ruled India, Kipling created some of the most well-read children’s stories in Western Culture. Manga Classics brings to life Rudyard Kipling's original collection of short stories in this fantastic manga adaptation. Heavily influenced by his childhood in British-ruled India, Kipling created some of the most well-read children’s stories in Western Culture.

The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though the eyes of Mowgli: the boy or "man-cub" who is raised in the jungle by wolves.Heavily influenced by his childhood in British-ruled India, Rudyard Kiplingcreated some of the most well-read children's stories in Western Culture.Originally published as a series of short stories for magazines in the late1800s, the Nobel Prize-winning Rudyard Kipling would eventually publish theclassic The Jungle Book in 1894. Manga Classics brings this collection ofKipling's brilliant fables to a new audience with their faithful, unabridgedadaptation of stories like Mowgli's tales, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Toomai of theElephants, The White Seal, and more.