The Jungle Book
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The Jungle Book is an 1894 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 a principal character
Embossed cover of first edition with artwork by John Lockwood Kipling
Mowgli made leader of the Bandar-log by John Charles Dollman, 1903
Mowgli, Bagheera, and the wolf pack with Shere Khan's skin. Illustration by W. H. Drake. First edition, 1894
Protagonists from the Soviet animated adaptation, "Маугли" (Mowgli), on a Russian postage stamp.
The Jungle Book (1967 film)
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The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. Based on the "Mowgli" stories from Rudyard Kipling's 18
The Jungle Book
…The White Seal (1975), and Mowgli's Brothers (1976). Many films, too, have been made of the book as a whole, such as Zoltán Korda's 1942 film, Disney's 1967 animated film and its 2016 remake. Other adaptations include the Russian adaptation named Mowgli, published as Adventures of Mowgli in the US, an animation released…
Theatrical release poster
A promotional image of the characters from the film. Top row: Kaa, Ziggy, Buzzie, Flaps, Dizzy, Colonel Hathi; Middle row: Flunkey, King Louie, Shere-Khan, Mowgli, Bagheera, the Girl, Baloo, Hathi Jr.; Bottom row: wolf cubs, Mother Wolf, and Rama.
The Jungle Book was the last animated feature Walt Disney supervised before his death in December 1966.