Title: Snow
School
Author: Sandra
Markle
Illustrator: Alan
Marks
Publisher: Charlesbridge, Feburary 1, 2013
Age: 4 -8 years
Topic: Snow
Leopards, survival and hunting skills, how snow leopards learn
Opening: It’s May
– springtime in Pakistan’s Hindu Kush Mountains. But high up on gravel-strewn
slopes, where only the hardiest plants grow, snowflakes still dance in the icy
wind.
Book Summary: Twin snow leopard siblings
survive their first year of life in Pakistan's Hindu Kush Mountains by learning
critical skills from their mother, including how to hunt, where to find
shelter, and to stay away from humans.
Resources:
Author’s note offers link to learn more about snow leopards
in their natural habitat and how to protect them
Includes amazing facts about snow leopards
Reading is Fundamental website has an excellent guide to that helps extend learning opportunities. Most of the activities are geared for children between the ages of 5-12
Why I Like This Book:
Snow leopards are such beautiful creatures. As such, they
are endangered as people hunt them and taking over their natural habitat. In
this story, we see up close and personal just how these animals survive their
harsh environment and how these lessons are passed down from mother to cubs.
Informative and very well written in a story format which makes it very
appealing to follow these cubs adventure and learning. The illustrations are
beautiful and done in watercolor and pencil.
