The Leopard Family Book (Animal Family Series)
Grade 4-6-- This zoologist/author's photo-essay skillfully documents an intriguing glimpse of the leopards' home life. Scott describes his 15 years in a Kenyan game reserve studying and photographing these animals, focusing on one female, Chui (pronounced ``chewy,'' the Swahili for leopard), first seen as a cub, then followed off and on with her own two offspring until she eluded further contact and simply vanished. His matter-of-fact text and splendid full-color photos show Chui eyeballing the camera, resting in a tree with her kill, snarling at a baboon too near her den, and feeding and romping with her cubs. Except for noting that leopards adapt to a variety of terrains, the author concentrates on the Kenya area. Sateren's Black Panther (Crestwood, 1990) gives a scattering of examples from other regions. Little has existed on this animal for this audience, and this study fills the need beautifully. --Ruth M. McConnell, San Antonio Public LibraryCopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.