Himalayan Animal Tales by Dorothy Mierow - 2005

Kathmandu, Nepal: Pilgrims Books House. 2005. Trade paperback. Very good. light shelf wear, no date. 40 [i.e. 80] p. : col. ill.; 17 x 21 cm. Includes Illustrations. . Most of the larger animals found in the Indian sub-content and its neighboring region of Tibet are pictured in this small book. They have been put into ecological groups showing possible encounters so that the reader can guess what may happen next. I. In the first group of ten pictures we find mostly the animals which may be seen around houses and farms by people living in the midland, region of the Himalayas from 2, 000 to 8, 000. Except for the red panda, at the end, the animals are common enough to be seen by observant farm children in the regions where they are found. The panda is now rare and needs to be protected. II. Section II shows the animals found in the lowland Terai, which in Nepal would mean mostly Chitwan. The wild buffalo are found more to the east near Bardia but all of the other animals pictured are fairly common in… Read More