Accounts of a courageous youngster and formidable creatures of the Indian jungle abound in this series of 14 imaginative tales told by a master storyteller. Mowgli, a boy raised by a wolf pack, learns the lore of the jungle from its inhabitants; Rikki-tikki-tavi, a brave mongoose, defeats a deadly cobra; Toomai, a young boy, observes the jungle's largest animals in a mysterious ritual, and more.