Boys" Cl The Jungle Book brings the primevalforest to life. Animals have humanpowers of speech and action, butnature is ever present as Mowgli theman-cub is brought up by the wolvesof the Seeonee Pack, Baloo the bear,Bagheera the panther and Kaa thepython, despite the attentions of ShereKhan the tiger.Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) wasborn in India and spent his earlychildhood there before being educatedin England. Returning to India as ayoung man, he became a newspapereditor, and began writing short storiesand verse. The Jungle Book establishedKipling as a leading writer of the day.