Meet the human boy Mowgli, the sleek panther Bagheera, the sleepy brown bear Baloo, and the conniving tiger Shere Khan in one of the worlds best-loved books. A collection of short stories and poems centred on the charming cast, The Jungle Book not only follows Mowglis journey to learn the Law of the Jungle from his animal companions but also introduces some of its other wonderful inhabitants in stories such as Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and The White Seal.

This new edition includes the original illustrations of Rudyards father J. Lockwood Kipling as well as an afterword by writer and editor David Stuart Davies.

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collectors Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collectors Library are books to love and treasure.