Miss Leoparda
By Natalia Shaloshvili
Translated by Lena Traer
Harry Hartog's review
Everyone living in Sydney that travels day in and out stuck in traffic will empathise with this book. Miss Leoparda drives the local bus and takes everyone to and from places, until one day they notice a car zoom past. Slowly everyone decides they want to commute solo and take up all the space on the roads, they even destroy Miss Leoparda's tree house to make space for all their cars. Sad and timely, there is however hope when Miss Leoparda is seen riding a bike right past the angry animals stuck in traffic. I loved the illustrations and the hope this book instilled in me for future generations and a reminder to commute with public transport whenever I can. - Dee, Harry Hartog Macquarie
Description
Beautiful illustrations from an internationally recognized fine artist make this fun, ecologically-minded book about a bus-driving, tree-loving leopard a standout!
When Miss Leoparda isn't sleeping in her beloved tree home, she drives the bus, taking her animal friends around town on their animal business. Every day, all of the bus's seats are taken . . . until the day something amazing and new appears: a little car that speeds off into the distance, leaving clouds of smoke in its wake. Intrigued, the bus's passengers each get a car of their own, one by one, until the day that Miss Leoparda is the only one left on the bus.
But more and more cars on the road mean more and more traffic jams, more and more arguments, and fewer and fewer trees-as trees, it seems, are just getting in the way of the jammed-up travelers. Will Miss Leoparda be able to nourish a new awareness and help her community return to their senses? With humor, insight, and gorgeous art, this is a picture book about the importance of the natural world and the value of community, to read again and again.
- ISBN:
- 9781592704125
- Format:
- Hardback
- Pages:
- 56
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Enchanted Lion Books
- Imprint:
- Enchanted Lion Books
- Weight:
- 258 g