Leopard

Children's Literature

This charming, sixteen-page, easy-to-read book introduces young children to the habitats and characteristics of leopards. Readers will delight in the antics of a baby leopard named Nibu as he plays with his siblings and explores his world. They will identify with him as he tries to climb a tree but fails because he is too little. Leopards usually sleep during the day and hunt at night, but readers learn that hunting is something else Nibu is too young to do. The final page, "More about Leopards," provides additional information on the leopard's wide range of habitats, nocturnal activity, and predatory behavior. Illustrations combine appealing photographs of curious leopard cubs and charming drawings that depict the vegetation in their habitat. One of the eight titles in the "Busy Baby Animals" series. 2001 (orig. 2000), Gareth Stevens Publishing/World Almanac Education Group, Braaf