jungle book

Mowgli's story collection

A jungle book is a collection of stories or lore about life in the wild, after Rudyard Kipling's 1894 work *The Jungle Book* featuring Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in India.

The phrase sometimes describes any guide to surviving in an unfamiliar, competitive environment: Corporate politics has its own jungle book.

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Mowgli · Baloo · wilderness · red flower · environmentalism · Bagheera · Shere Khan · adventure fiction · children's literature · anthology · coming-of-age · human-animal bond · Rikki-Tikki-Tavi · Disney adaptation · wolf pack · morality tales · monkeys · King Louie

Opposites
setting/environment

jungle bookurban fiction

Genre depicting city life

Eloise · Goodnight Moon · Madeline · The Snow Queen · Oliver Twist

narrative type

jungle bookdomestic drama

Stories of household strife

school story · Harry Potter · Little Women · Anne of Green Gables · Heidi

relationship to nature

jungle bookLord of the Flies

Dystopian island survival allegory

etiquette guide · dystopian fiction · survival horror · The Road · safari guide

Family

jungle, book, jungles, books, booked, booking, bookish, booklet, bookings

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G