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Snow School
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Sandra Markle / Alan Marks
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Triangle Interactive, LLC
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2018
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The author/illustrator team of Sandra Markle and Alan Marks has had a profound impact on the world of childrens nonfiction with their collaborative efforts on books about different animals around the world. From wolves in Yellowstone to penguins in Antarctica, readers and critics have raved about the way in which Markle and Marks share their stories and information about animals in the wild. In their newest project, readers are introduced to twin snow leopard cubs and their mother from the Hindu Kush mountains of Pakistan. Lyrical, informative text and stunning watercolor illustrations lead readers through the struggles these snow leopards face-from finding food to bearing harsh weather conditions-and the lessons the young cubs learn as they prepare for a life on their own, out from underneath the watchful, caring eye of their mother. Back matter includes further resources and facts as well as an authors note about the research process and information about how we can help this endangered species.

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Sandra Markle Illustrated by Alan Marks Snow School - photo 1

Sandra Markle

Illustrated by

Alan Marks

Snow School

With love for my children, Scott and Holly MarkleS. M.

To Lucia, Cecilia, Solly, and GabrielA. M.

Acknowledgments

The author would like to thank Dr. Tom McCarthy, executive director of

Snow Leopard Programs for Panthera, an organization dedicated to ensuring

the future of wild cats. A special thank-you to Skip Jeffery for his support

during the creative process.

Charlesbridge and colophon are registered trademarks of Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.

Published by Charlesbridge

85 Main Street

Watertown, MA 02472

(617) 926-0329

www.charlesbridge.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Markle, Sandra.

Snow school / Sandra Markle ; illustrated by Alan Marks.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-60734-593-0 (ebook)

1. Snow leopardJuvenile literature. 2. Snow leopardInfancyJuvenile literature.

3. Learning in animalsJuvenile literature. I. Marks, Alan, 1957 ill. II. Title.

QL737.C23M2735 2013 ISBN-13 978-1-68444-686-5 (e-book)

599.75'55dc23 2012000790

Printed in Singapore

Illustrations done in watercolor and pencil on Fabriano 5 paper

Display type set in Elroy, designed by Christian Schwartz for Monotype Imaging

Text type set in Fairfield by Monotype Imaging

Color separations by KHL Chroma Graphics, Singapore

Printed and bound September 2012 by Imago in Singapore

Production supervision by Brian G. Walker

Synchred Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

PO Box 573

Prior Lake, MN 55372

Its May springtime in Pakistans Hindu Kush Mountains .

But high up on gravel-strewn slopes ,

where only the hardiest plants grow ,

snowflakes still dance in the icy wind .

Inside a den , week-old snow leopard cubs

a brother and sister

wait for their mothers return .

While his sister yowls to be fed , the male peeks outside

with newly o pened eyes , spies the snowflakes,

and crawls out to explore .

Suddenly a golden eagle swoops down , with talons thrust out .

The mother snow leopard arrives just in time .

Growling and swatting , she drives the eagle away .

Then she picks up the cub in gentle jaws

and carries him into the den .

So the little male learns his first lesson .

Outside the den , its a dangerous world .

Five weeks old and nearly double his birth weight the little male is a fuzzy - photo 7

Five weeks old and nearly double his birth weight ,

the little male is a fuzzy ball of muscle and curiosity .

He sneaks up on the twitching tip of his mothers long tail .

Then his sister pounces on him .

The pair tumbles, swatting and biting whatever they can reach .

This way they build strong muscles and practice hunting skills .

Mother ends the training session with tongue licks .

When she flops down , the cubs snuggle against her

to nurse and nap .

At two months old , the cubs are nearly five times their birth weight .

Theyre shedding baby teeth for adult teeth all pointed and sharp .

One day their mother arrives , dragging an ibex s hes killed .

The pair attack this prey , biting the ears the only part

thin enough to fit in their young mouths .

Mother tears open the belly , and the cubs nose in ,

discovering the smell and taste

of what theyll one day catch for themselves

if they learn their lessons .

At five months old the cubs look like small adults and eat a lot Mother - photo 11

At five months old , the cubs look like small adults and eat a lot .

Mother hunts every morning and evening to bring home food .

But one afternoon , she calls the cubs with throaty chuffs.

They leave the den behind to go hunting with her .

In their smoky gray , black-spotted coats ,

the three snow leopards look like shadows slipping over rocks .

The cubs mimic their mother when she stops

to rub her cheek on a boulder another lesson .

Always leave your scent to claim your favorite hunting places .

Mother and cubs climb on big paws

to the crest of giant sloping slabs of rock.

Far below , a cluster of ibex munches grass and twigs .

Crouched low , eyes fixed on her target , the mother snow leopard

steps carefully so no pebbles fall and no ibex notice .

Trailing after their mother , the male cub squeezes past his sister .

She attacks. They wrestle . Loose stones tumble , clattering downhill.

Ibex scatter running , leaping , escaping .

Empty stomachs make this lesson one the cubs wont forget.

Be quiet when you go hunting .

The snow leopards nap curled up together against the cold wind When the - photo 15

The snow leopards nap curled up together against the cold wind When the - photo 16

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