The Jungle Book (1967 film) the Sherman Brothers and one by Gilkyson, "The Bare Necessities". The film initially became Disney's second highest-grossing animated film in the United States and Canada, and was also successful during its re-releases. The film was also successful throughout the world, becoming Germany's highest-grossing film by number of admissions. Disney released a live-action remake in 1994 and an animated sequel, "The Jungle Book 2", in 2003; another live-action adaptation directed by Jon Favreau was released in 2016. Mowgli, a young orphan boy, is found in a basket in the deep jungles of India by Bagheera, a black panther who promptly takes
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