Leopard on the Mountain Pack of 6

by Ruskin Bond

Leopard on the Mountain is an engaging story set in the Himalayas. It concerns three children and their exciting encounter with a leopard. The story looks at familiar events (school and home life) in an unfamiliar setting (India), which should prove attractive to children. Teachers will find Leopard on the Mountain a useful resource for multicultural and environmental classwork. Leopard on the Mountain is one of thirteen books that make up Independent Reading Level B, for children in Year 4/Primary 5. This phase of Cambridge Reading aims to extend children's reading tastes and understanding of language features, and motivate them to enjoy reading. Leopard on the Mountain is an extended narrative, which aims to build children's reading stamina. The book contains black and white illustrations, helping to make it accessible and attractive to its target readership.

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist. He wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen which won John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novellas, over 500 short stories, as well as various essays and poems, all of which have established him as one of the best-loved and most admired chroniclers of contemporary India. In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing, for his short stories collection, "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra", by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour near Mussoorie.

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