Seven stories, interspersed with seven poems, of Mowgli who is brought up in a wolf den and instructed by the animals in the laws and legends of the jungle. Special Features: School Library Journal vol. 53 iss. 5 p. 100 (c) 05/01/2007 Gr 3-5 –All three adaptations of these classic novels fall prey to the usual pitfalls involved in such a process. The bare outlines of the plots are provided, but character development, a true sense of place and time with regard to setting, and masterful description of the action all go by the wayside. Jungle Book is mistitled as it references only the Mowgli stories