Can You Spot the Leopard?

An African Wildlife Adventure in Poems and Paintings Can You Spot the Leopard? is author/artist Karen B. Winnick’s newest picture book, an adventuresome African safari presented through poems and full-color paintings. Readers begin at sunrise, climbing into a jeep for a bumpy ride to view the wondrous animals as they would on a real safari. All the poems are based on real observations of what animals do in the wild, related in an accessible way. There’s even a sighting, finally, of the elusive leopard, before returning to safari camp under a starry night. At the back of the book, further information is related about each animal. A fun, informational, educational adventure to read and reread. Ms. Winnick is an animal enthusiast, president of the Los Angeles Zoo Commission, and author of more than a dozen picture books, including Gemina: The Crooked-Neck Giraffe, How Lucky Got His Shoe, and Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers.

Karen B Winnick has written a fun, friendly, and informative book about African animals comprised of short, separate vignettes in stanza style pertaining to different types of animals and their behaviours in the wild. Soft but strong 4-color illustrations accompany each vignette and will draw young children into her world of a day and night safari in a jeep in the wilds of Africa.