The Jungle Book was written by Rudyard Kipling and published in 1894. Kipling wrote the stories while living in the United States, specifically in Vermont. The book is a collection of tales about life and legends in the Indian jungle, centered around the character Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves. Kipling originally published these stories in magazines in 1893-1894 before they were compiled into the book form in 1894.
