Rudyard Kipling

Because of his "satiable curtiosity" about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.

A tortoise and a hedgehog combine their natural assets and transform themselves into armadillos to escape the hungry attention of a young jaguar.

Seven tales that explain special things about animals, such as how the whale got his tiny throat, the camel his hump and the leopard his spots.

A butterfly and his wife help a mighty king control his quarreling wives.

Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle.

An adaptation of the well-known adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle.

Mowgli, left alone in the jungle as a toddler after his parents are run off by Shere Khan, a Bengal tiger, grows to adulthood with the help of kind animals, always knowing his own showdown with the tiger is yet to come.