The Jungle Book
Narrated by Andrew Bond
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book carries listeners into the forests of India, where a boy named Mowgli grows up running with a pack of wolves.
As an infant, Mowgli is adopted by a family of wolves and raised under the pack's protection. Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther teach him the Law of the Jungle, the code that keeps peace among the animals. But Shere Khan, a lame and bitter tiger, wants Mowgli dead, and as the boy grows, he has to decide whether he belongs among the animals of the jungle or the people of the village nearby.
The book is really a collection of short tales, not one long story. Alongside Mowgli's adventures are Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a brave mongoose who battles two cobras to protect the family that took him in, and the white seal Kotick, who searches the oceans for a safe home for his kind. Each story stands on its own, but together they share a world where animals think, speak, and live by their own laws.
This is a coming-of-age animal fable, part adventure and part fairy tale, set in the wild, colorful landscape of colonial-era India. It's a good fit for listeners who love classic animal stories, jungle adventures, or the kind of old-fashioned tale that reads like a legend.
Andrew Bond reads warm and gentle. Let the pack howl in the distance and the jungle breathe around you as Mowgli's story carries you off into the night.
