The Snow Leopard
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Our illustration this month is from Going to Playschool by Sarah Garland. Sarah Garland is interviewed by Julia Eccleshare. We are grateful to Bodley Head and Puffin Books for their help in producing this cover.
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The Snow Leopard
John Butler
A beautifully illustrated book about the winter journeys of a snow leopard and her cub. It assumes some knowledge of the creatures, and the language is formal. This, together with the slender italics of the print, suggests an older age group, although younger children would enjoy the pictures which are finely drawn and painted. There's the usual uncertainty about anthropomorphising which books like this always cause; how far can animals wonder, think about the future or plan ahead? However, The Snow Leopard suffers less than others in this respect and it does give some idea of the struggle to survive that is wild life.
