The Jungle Book (2016 film) success, grossing over $966 million, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2016 and the 40th-highest-grossing film of all time, and was praised for its visual effects, musical score, direction, faithfulness to the original animated film, and vocal performances, particularly those of Murray, Kingsley, and Elba. At the 89th Academy Awards, the film won the award for Best Visual Effects. Mowgli is a "man cub" raised by the wolf Raksha and her pack, led by Akela, in an Indian jungle ever since he was brought to them as a baby by the black panther Bagheera. Bagheera trains Mowgli to learn the
This is the Jungle This is the Jungle This is the Jungle is the fifth book of jungle tales and man-eaters written by Kenneth Anderson, first published in 1964 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd. The book is dedicated to the memory of Kenneth Anderson's late mother, Lucie Anne Anderson. Anderson also acknowledges thanks to his publishers, "I very gladly take this opportunity of expressing my grateful thanks to Malcolm Barnes of George Allen & Unwin Ltd., for all the time and trouble he has given to patiently reading through and editing all my stories, both in this volume and its four predecessors". Introduction