The story of Mowgli, a boy living among animals in the Indian forest, remains as vivid and appealing today as it was when Rudyard Kipling included it in The Jungle Book, a series of short fables published in 1894. Mowgli’s adventures have been retold time and again in animated films, television shows, plays, and now a partly live-action Disney feature. \n \nAuthor Info: Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) born to English parents living in India, worked as a journalist in several media ventures and won the  Nobel prize for English literature. He was a short-story writer, poet, and novelist and is remembered for his celebration of British imperialism