Miss Leoparda (Best New Kids' Book of 2024)

樹上的家、開著巴士的豹小姐，平常載著動物朋友在城裡來來去去。但有天，大家開始追求速度與方便，紛紛改開汽車，街道變得擁擠、樹木漸漸消失。只剩豹小姐還守著原本的路。這本畫風細膩、充滿想像力的繪本，帶領孩子思考交通、自然與共好社區的可能，傳遞環境意識。

Beautiful illustrations from an internationally recognized fine artist make this fun, ecologically-minded book about a bus-driving, tree-loving leopard a standout!

A Five Books Best New Kids' Book of 2024!
One of The Telegraph India, My Kolkata's Must-Read Books for Kids of 2024!

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.

Natalia Shaloshvili writes and illustrates books for children. Her picture books Miss Leoparda and What a Small Cat Needs have been translated into many languages, with more books coming soon. She creates illustrations with acrylic paints and watercolor pencils, finishing them digitally. Besides making picture books, Natalia is an artist, with works showcased in exhibitions worldwide and held in private collections. She lives in London with her family. She likes big and small cats and riding a bike. Lena Traer is a Russian- and English-language literary translator with a focus on books for children and young adults. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Her past projects include translating Wind: Discovering Air in Motion, On the Edge of the World, and How to Be Your Dog’s Best Friend into English and translating a variety of picture books and scientific materials into Russian. Born and raised in Siberia, Russia, Lena now lives in San Francisco.