2015 Schneider Family Book Award Winner

Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone in empty cages? Are they being punished? More than anything, he wants to be their champion--their voice--but he stutters uncontrollably.

Except when he talks to animals...

Then he is fluent.

Follow the life of the man Time Magazine calls, "the Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation"as he searches for his voice and fulfills a promise to speak for animals, and people, who cannot speak for themselves. This real-life story with tender illustrations by Catia Chien explores truths not defined by the spoken word.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 05/06/2014
ISBN: 9780547875071
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.33h x 11.28w x 0.36d
Award: Monarch Award - Nominee
Award: Schneider Family Book Award - Winner
Award: Florida Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award - Nominee
Award: Ezra Jack Keats Book Award - Honor Book

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/03/2014
School Library Journal 04/01/2014 pg. 182
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2014 pg. 105
Booklist 05/15/2014 pg. 47
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2014 pg. 591
PW Best Children's Books 11/03/2014 pg. 42
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 51
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 pg. 194 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 166145 / Boy and a Jaguar
Reading Level: 3.8 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5