About the book: 1958 / The story of a boy who grew up in a wolf pack and raised by wise animals is a story about friendship and devotion, about wisdom, the benefit of kinship and justice. No wonder the heroes of this book - the bear Baloo, the panther Bagheera, the wolf Akela, the boa constrictor Kaa and, of course, Mowgli the Frog himself - have become favorites among readers of different countries and ages.