Join Flora and Fauna, the world’s greatest explorers as they embark on an extraordinary adventure in search of an elusive species of wild cat – the clouded leopard.

With flaps and paper effects throughout, who knows what marvellous things they’ll encounter along the way, or what their baby, Bud, may discover on this epic odyssey.

The Lost Leopard is a fabulous children’s adventure book that fits a whole lot into it. The story follows Flora, Fauna, and baby Bud as they travel to the Himalayas in search of Clouded Leopards of which there are only 10,000 left in the wild.

The reader gets to travel with the family as they get there by the river, climbing steep slopes, through the forest, and underground. They travel through the snow, sleet, wind, and even the heat to locate these elusive big cats.

The book is written in such a way that the reader will learn a lot, not just about Leopards but about places, mountains, and litter too.

There are flaps to lift, cut-out sections to see through, pages to open up double-wide, and illustrations to marvel at. The Lost Leopard is such an amazing book and one that will take some time to read as there is so much going on, on each page.

Overall, this is a truly amazing read that should be in every school. It is engaging and entertaining from beginning to end. But did the family find the Leopards? You’ll have to read the book for yourself to find out.

Jonny Marx lives in London, where he works as a children’s book editor and author.

From a compendium of mythical monsters and a chronology of prehistoric creatures, to books about crime capers, lost unicorns, incredible human beings and humankind, Jonny has worked on more than 60 titles (and counting!).