The Jungle Book The Jungle Book (
1894) is a collection of stories written by
Rudyard Kipling. He had accrued much knowledge about the
jungles in
India through listening to others and using research. All of the stories were published in magazines in
1893-
4. The original publications contained illustrations, some by Rudyard's father,
John Lockwood Kipling. These books were written when Kipling lived in Vermont.