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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2009
Gr 4-8 Reading this book is an extraordinary experience. It has an elegant layout featuring ornamental lettering, watermarks, and gorgeous photos; were it not for the delightfully exuberant text, it would be a stately coffee table book. But kids will giggle about the central role of scat or, as Montgomery often writes, "poo," in the research of snow leopards' habits. Children will be swept up in the buoyant account of the journey through Mongolia led by Tom McCarthy, conservation director of the Snow Leopard Trust...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2009
Montgomery and Bishop (Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea, rev. 1/07) team up once again, this time for an expedition to remote Mongolia, tagging along with conservationist Tom McCarthy in search of the rare snow leopard. There are so few of these animals, and they are so elusive, it is difficult to count them accurately—which makes it equally difficult to tell if conservation measures are working. In the nature...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Montgomery and Bishop (<i>Quest for the Tree Kangaroo</i>) tag along with conservationist Tom McCarthy in search of the rare snow leo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on September 1, 2009
When Tom McCarthy, conservation director of the Snow Leopard Trust, began traveling to Central Asia, he quickly learned that in order to save the snow leopard, he must first find a way to change the attitude of the region’s people toward it: “We can study the snow leopards, . . . but the local people are the only ones who can save them.” To this end, McCarthy began enlisting families to join Snow Leopard Enterprises: “[O]nly families who promised not to kill leopards could join. If a leopard was killed in their area, they couldn’t take part in the program.” Saving the Ghost of the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More