Ack! All my Kipling entries got nuked somehow. I'll clean up this text when I have them replaced; sorry.

The prose is wonderful; the songs bore me, so I mostly skip them. Mowgli is indeed a boy raised by wolves in the jungle. He grows and encounters all sorts of firends and foes in the jungle. The Disney version reflects some of the characters, but different relationships and events than the Kipling original.

Kim is an Indian boy who delights in the complex life of the bazaar. Some people notice and decide to try to make use of him. The book is largely a portrait of the environment.