''Kpo the Leopard'' (original French title: ''Kpo la panthère'') is an
Africa
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n wildlife story about a female
leopard
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cub written by the
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
children's writer
René Guillot
René Paul Guillot (24 January 1900 – 26 March 1969) was a French writer of children's books who lived, worked and travelled in French West Africa.
For his lasting contribution as a children's writer Guillot received the biennial Hans C ...
[René Guillot, ''Kpo the Leopard'' illustrated by ]Joan Kiddell-Monroe
Joan Kiddell-Monroe (1908–1972) was a British writer and illustrator of children's books, particularly notable for her Folklore, folk-tale illustrations.
Biography
Joan Kiddell-Monroe was born on August 9, 1908, in Clacton-on-Sea, England. She ...
, translated by Gwen Marsh (OUP, Oxford Children's Library 1955 ~ 160pp.) (1900–1969), who lived, worked and travelled for much of his life in
French Africa
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Françafrique
French North Africa
* Egypt (1798-1801)
* French Algeria (1830–1962)
* Protectorate of Tunisia (1881–1956)
* Protectorate in Morocco (1 ...
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[Eilis Dillon (editor), ''The Hamish Hamilton Book of Wise Animals'', illustrated by Bernard Brett (Hamish Hamilton, London, 1975. )]
Set initially in the African jungle, the story moves, after Kpo and her mother escape from a forest fire, to new hunting-grounds in the African Plain, and tells the story of Kpo's adventures as she matures into a full-grown leopard.
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''Kpo the Leopard'' was published in 1955][ and, twenty years later, was included in ''The Hamish Hamilton Book of Wise Animals'',][ together with pieces featuring "fabulous animals" such as ]Edgar Allan Poe
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's ''The Raven
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'', E. Nesbit
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's ''Psammead
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'', T. S. Eliot's ''Mr. Mistoffelees
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'', and ''Rollicum Bitem the Fox'' by John Masefield
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