A Boy and a Jaguar

About 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. Cátia Chien is a Brazilian Taiwanese painter a public speaker and the illustrator of celebrated picture books including The Longest Letsgoboy The Bear and the Moon and A Boy and a Jaguar recipient of the Schneider Family Book Award. Her art has been shown in galleries worldwide. She is also the founder of A Thousand Worlds a curated picture book directory celebrating BIPOC creators. She lives with her family in Los Angeles. Visit her at catiachien.com.