African Leopard Books

Enjoy these African leopard books with the incredible images of this secretive big cat.

Joy Adamson

Queen Of Shaba: The Story Of An African Leopard by Joy Adamson (1980) is about how the author raised an orphaned leopard cub and finally returned it successfully to the wild.

Lena Godsall Bottriell

Umbulala: The Jungle Book From The Heart Of Africa Through The Eyes Of A Leopard by Lena Godsall Bottriell (1998) is the biography of a leopard told by a wildlife researcher specializing in big cats. Umbulala is the biggest and fiercest of his breed and thus the stuff of legends. The story is full of information about the leopard and magnificently illustrated with quality pen & ink drawings and colour plates. The book is printed on paper coloured to look like marbled parchment. A really beautiful book and a must for anyone with an interest in big cats or leopards.

Lex Hes

The Leopards Of Londolozi by Lex Hes (1995). The leopard is the largest of Africa's spotted cats. A shy, predominately nocturnal animal, it presents few obvious opportunities for people to study it and, in its wild state, it is one of the least-known cats. This is the story of the success the rangers at Londolozi, an exclusive game farm in the Eastern Transvaal, since 1976, in getting close to these animals and it charts the lives of the leopards over a 12-year period.