The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book

The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book are collections of stories by Rudyard Kipling, most of which are set in the Indian jungle and feature animals who can talk. The most famous stories revolve around the adventures of an abandoned 'man cub' named Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the jungle. Other stories in the collections feature animals such as Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the mongoose, and Kotick the white seal.