A+Boy+and+a+Jaguar



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 * =A Boy and a Jaguar= ||
 * Author: Alan Rabinowitz ||
 * Illustrator: Catia Chien ||
 * Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014 ||
 * Synopsis : 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. ||

=Web Links Related To This Title:=
 * Google Books
 * NPR Interview
 * Panthera
 * Author interview about the book
 * Cockscomb Nature Preserve in Belize, founded by Alan Rabinowitz to help preserve the jaguars. This site includes lots of information on Mayan culture.
 * Video tour of Cockscomb Nature Preserve in Belize
 * Facts about jaguars from San Diego Zoo kids pages
 * Free jaguar coloring page (printable)
 * Free jaguar coloring page (printable):
 * Online coloring page of a jaguar

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