cover image Leo the Snow Leopard: The True Story of an Amazing Rescue

Leo the Snow Leopard: The True Story of an Amazing Rescue

Juliana, Isabella, and Craig Hatkoff, Scholastic Press, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-545-22927-2

The Hatkoffs—who have collaborated on such inspirational real-life animal tales as Owen & Mzee and Winter's Tail—tell the story of an orphaned snow leopard cub discovered in Pakistan's mountains. Leo is relocated to a national park before making his way to the Bronx Zoo in New York City. Despite the authors' attempts to inject tension into the story (there's an ill-timed landslide and, later, zookeepers worry about Leo's adjusting to another leopard), it doesn't have quite the emotional wallop of its predecessors. Ages 4–10. (Oct.)