the jungle books can be regarded as classic stories told by an adult to children. but they also constitute a complex literary work of art in which the whole of kipling's philosophy of life is expressed in miniature. they are best known for the `mowgli' stories; the tale of a baby abandoned and brought up by wolves, educated in the ways and secrets of the jungle by kaa the python, baloo the bear, and bagheera the black panther. 　　 the stories, a mixture of fantasy, myth, and magic, are underpinned by kipling's abiding preoccupation with the theme of self-discovery, and the nature of the `law'. --this text refers to the paperback edition. 　　 from the moment a little naked cub wanders into the lair of father wolf and mother wolf to the moment when the master of the jungle returns to his own people, mowgli's adventures comprise a fable of human life. along with these stories are other animal tales 　　 　　作者简介 　　rudyard kipling(1865—1937).poet,short-shory writer,journalist and imperialist,rudyard kipling's work remains of the best accounts of the brish colonial expericnce in india. 　　 the jungle books capture the imagination of both young and old alike.the stoty of the boy mowgli brought up by a pack of wolves is the best known of all the tales in this volume and the writer somerset maugham believed that in the fungle kipling's great and varide gifts rind their most brilliant expression.