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    A Boy and a Jaguar
    A Boy and a Jaguar
    A Boy and a Jaguar
    Audiobook9 minutes

    A Boy and a Jaguar

    Written by Alan Rabinowitz and Cátia Chien

    Narrated by Adam Grupper

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    About this audiobook

    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. Follow the life of the man "Time Magazine" calls, "the Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation" as he searches for his voice and fulfills a promise to speak for animals, and people, who cannot speak for themselves. This real-life story with tender illustrations by Catia Chen explores truths not defined by the spoken word. Contributor Bio: Rabinowitz, Alan Dr. Alan Rabinowitz has dedicated his life to two causes: protecting the world's thirty-six wild cat species and advocating for stutterers as a spokesperson for the Stuttering Foundation of America. His conservation work has been chronicled in the New York Times, Scientific American, Audubon, Outside, Jerusalem Report and National Geographic Explorer, among others. He tells audiences that he feels lucky to have been given the gift of stuttering and believes that without it, he would not be on the path of his passion--saving big cats. This is his first book with Houghton Mifflin. Visit www.panthera.org and www.stutteringhelp.org. Contributor Bio: Chien, Catia Catia Chien is an avid painter who works from her studio in Southern California. She is a collection of fun entomology facts and has been known to prefer soup over most other types of food. Besides filled with vivid imagination, her work is described as rich with whimsy, colors, and energy. She is currently producing work for the children's book market, film and animation, comic book anthologies, and galleries.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 6, 2014
    ISBN9781490613956
    A Boy and a Jaguar
    Author

    Alan Rabinowitz

    Dr. Alan Rabinowtiz has dedicated his life to two causes: protecting the world's thirty-six wild cat species and advocating for stutterers as a spokesperson for the Stuttering Foundation of America. His conservation work has been chronicled in the New York Times, Scientific American, Audobon, Outside, Jerusalem Report and National Geographic Explorer, among others. He tells audiences that he feels lucky to have been given the gift of stuttering and believes that without it, he would not be on the path of his passion--saving big cats. This is his first book with Houghton Mifflin. Vist www.panthera.org and www.stutteringhelp.org.

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    • 4/5
      Alan has a stutter that makes it hard for him to talk to humans, but when he talks to animals he can speak just fine. One day when he goes to the Bronx Zoo, he is sad because of how barren the jaguar exhibit is. At school, he is put in a class for disturbed children. The school thinks he is broken, but at home he can sing and talk to all of his pets. After years of hard work, he learns how to talk without a stutter but he still feels broken instead. When he goes to the jungle to study jaguars, he finds his voice and uses it to speak for the animals. Finally he feels whole instead of broken.

      This beautifully-illustrated book is an excellent resource to talk about protecting animal species as well as to talk about impediments, such as having a stutter. It tells the true story of Alan Rabinowitz, a man that Time Magazine called ‘The Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation.” Parents and teachers can talk to children about protecting wildlife and about finding gifts and talents that are uniquely yours whether you have a challenge, like stuttering, or not.
    • 4/5
      Beautifully illustrated in acrylic and charcoal, this is an uplifting story of a young boy who has trouble speaking, who loves animals, and who finds his voice thanks to a jaguar. This is a nice read-aloud to demonstrate the diversity of people and their different challenges. We empathize with the boy when we see what life is like from his perspective. We partly understand what it feels like to be someone who stutters. A touching story.
    • 4/5
      As a young boy, Alan Rabinowitz suffered from a severe speech impediment, finding it impossible not to stutter unless speaking to animals. A regular visitor at the Bronx Zoo's great cat house, he was saddened by the lonely captivity of its feline residents, particularly an old female jaguar. Promising her that one day he would be a voice for her kind, he eventually went on to become a conservationist and wildlife researcher, becoming the first person to study jaguars in the wild. Conquering his stutter, he became an impassioned advocate for these magnificent cats, convincing the government of Belize to establish a sanctuary for them...An immensely moving book, one which addresses complex issues like difference and communication, and the human connection to the natural world, A Boy and a Jaguar is picture-book memoir at its best. When I reached the conclusion of the story, which sees Alan face-to-face with a jaguar in the wild, I had a lump in my throat. The artwork, done in acrylic and charcoal pencil by Cátia Chien, perfectly captures the emotional register of each scene. Her depiction of the jaguar and his expressions is particularly well done. Recommended to anyone looking for children's biographies about naturalists, conservationists, great cats, or young people with speech impediments.
    • 4/5
      This book is charming and beautiful story. By the time you get to the end you choke a little at the sentiment and the ram emotion that is simply told and portrayed in the story. The main character has a stutter and it sets the tone of his life. He doesn't stutter when he talks to animals and as a little boy, as the animal have no voice much like himself, he vows to one day be there voice. Great for a library program with school age kids.
    • 3/5
      At first glance, the illustrations of the book are gorgeous. It is stylized, but when emotions like fear or anger are displayed, the pictures prominently evoke that emotion. The colors flow along with the abstractness of the pictures well.Alan is similar to the animals in which he loves; they cannot speak and "get the words out" and neither can he. While Alan grows up, he still feels broken inside even though he has overcame his stutter. But he then talks about how he is now a voice for the jaguars and other endangered animals in the world. He's at home with the animals. Readers should be aware that the tone of the book is from a conservationist point of view. The author explains that the animals should be saved, but doesn't really allow for more explanation other than hunters are killing them for "their bodies", which is understandable for a picture book. This book is one of the titles listed for my essentials of children's literature class that I have coming up in the next semester; I'll give it a three for the illustrations, but the story seems a bit scattered and should be more cohesive. Themes: speech disabilities, stuttering, conversation, wild cats -- jaguars
    • 5/5
      A wonderful autobiographical story beautifully illustrated.
    • 3/5
      This is about a boy who loves animals and finds communication with them easy and fun. He is upset with how the zoo's keep animals in cages and he wants the animals to be free. This boy has an uncontrollable stutter but not when he talks to animals. He is able to talk to the animals normally.The story shows the bond he has with animals and how all he wants to do is be their friend. The story is an example of a modern fantasy children's book.