Leopards: The Ultimate Leopard Book for Kids: Animal Books for Kids, #1

By Jenny Kellett

Is your child obsessed with leopards?! Then they'll love learning more about their favourite spotted feline in Leopard: The Ultimate Leopard Book for Kids!

 

Featuring over 100 exciting leopard facts illustrated with beautiful hi-res photos and a fun quiz and word search puzzle, this interactive book is perfect for leopard-loving readers aged 9+.

 

Topics include:

• Leopard Characteristics
• Leopards and Humans
• The Nine Leopard Subspecies
• Their Daily Lives
• Leopard Conservation
• And more…

 

The content is challenging enough for curious learners, while the visual imagery brings the more challenging concepts to life, making it suitable for earlier readers.

 

Leopard facts sample:

 

• There are no two leopards that look the same—each has its own individual markings, just like a human fingerprint.
• International Leopard Day is celebrated on May 3rd every year.
• Trees aren't only useful for hiding in—leopards can even hunt from them! They will blend in with the leaves before pouncing on their prey below.
• Leopards are very stealthy and are known as ambush predators.

 

Learn these facts and many more in Leopards: The Ultimate Leopard Book for Kids. Scroll up to order your copy today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jenny Kellett
• Release date: Jun 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201314965

Jenny Kellett

Bellanova Books is a small publishing house based in Melbourne, Australia with authors working in Sofia and Berlin. We write for curious children and adults on interesting and inspiring topics.

Book preview

Introduction

The leopard, famous for its beautiful coat, is characterised by its shorter legs and large skull when compared to other wild cats. It is also one of the world’s most adaptable cats—able to survive and thrive in a wide range of habitats.

So let’s learn more about this amazing feline! Afterwards, you can test your new knowledge in our leopard quiz.

Are you ready? Let’s go!

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Leopards: Then and Today

Leopards are very closely related to lions, tigers and jaguars, which are all in the genus panthera (all cats in this group can roar). However, despite their name, snow leopards are not part of the same group.

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The closest living relative to the leopard is the lion.

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The earliest leopard fossils date back to over 600,000 years ago and were found in Europe. Palaeontologists have also found leopard fossils in Japan.

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The range of leopards, before and now.

Credit: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski

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Out of all the big cats, leopards have the largest distribution. You can find leopards living in Africa, Asia and the Caucasus.

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Leopards in far-eastern Russia live in areas where the winter temperatures can be as low as −25 °C (−13 °F).

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The scientific name for the leopard is panthera pardus.

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African leopard.

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