Is The Jungle Book fiction or non-fiction?

All of these stories are fictional. The Jungle Book is a series of fictional stories that feature anthropomorphic animals who have the characteristics of humans and speak. Some stories feature Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves. The animals in the stories include not only the wolf family but also Baloo—a bear—and Bagheera, the black panther. These animals attempt to instruct Mowgli in the Law of the Jungle. Other stories in the book include the tale of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a mongoose taken in by a British family. The mongoose battles against venomous cobras to protect the family. Another story in the collection is "Toomai of the Elephants," the story of an elephant driver and his little son, who glimpses the dance of the elephants that no human has ever before seen.