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Victor and Maya travel to Chile, South America to visit their friend, Natalia. The kids explore the mountain side looking for gold, jewels and a chance to spot a rare Andean Cat. Local legend says seeing an Andean Cat can bring good luck. The kids enter an abandoned mine where they encounter an Andean Cat who is trapped. As they free the Andean Cat, an earthquake shakes rocks loose, that trap Maya in the mine. See how God leads her to safety. Will she get out? Can the Andean Cat bring luck and...

Whenever middle-aged desert tour guide Forrest Bryant Johnson went out on his daily walks into the Mojave, all was usually peaceful and serene. But one beautiful summer day in 1987, Forrest heard a cry of distress. Following the cries, he came upon a small bobcat kitten, injured, orphaned, and desperately in need of help. So Forrest took his new feline friend home for a night. But when the little "trooper" clearly needed some more time to recoup, that night turned into two nights, a week, and ev...

Kids will learn all about the exciting lives of wild cats – including tigers, leopards, lynx, cheetahs, mountain lions, and more – in this new National Geographic Kids Reader. The level 1 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging, information for beginning readers.

The feline form is accentuated against a blank studio setting in this stunning photographic collection. This title features sections on seven species of big cat: leopard, cheetah, lion, lynx, ocelot, panther and tiger. It raises awareness of endangered big cat species, with informative fact files on each. This is an ideal gift that will appeal to both cat lovers and artists. Get up close and personal with some majestic and awesome big cats in this unique collection of stunning images conceived b...

Everyone is familiar with the big cats—the lion, tiger, leopard, and jaguar—members of the genus Panthera. The smaller cats—members of the genus Felis—are less familiar. This absorbing book, considered "a comprehensive survey" by David Quammen, writing in the New York Times Book Review, presents what is known about the thirty-seven or so species of the world's cats, including abundant information on the much-neglected smaller members of the cat family."Dr. Kitchener... has made a readable, up-to...

Majestic, noble, brave lions, with their tawny coats and luminous eyes, have inspired countless stories, traditions and beliefs. Whether we are seduced by their beauty or drawn to danger, we want to be near them. No other animal has had such an enduring symbolic resonance; lions have been painted on wood and canvas, chiselled in stone, cast in metal and featured on the pages of medieval manuscripts. In this lavishly illustrated book, Deirdre Jackson draws on the latest scientific research, folkl...

In a wonderfully diverse selection of writings and gorgeous illustrations, this stunning companion to The Bedside Book of Birds explores the relationship between predators and their prey. The intricate, complex connection between the hunter and the hunted has defined animal life on earth throughout time. In The Bedside Book of Beasts, Graeme Gibson gathers breathtaking works of art and literature that capture the power, grace, and inventiveness of both predators and their natural prey. The Be...