Boy and a Jaguar

Dr. Alan Rabinowtiz 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 often told audiences that he felt lucky to have been given the gift of stuttering and believed that without it, he would not have followed the path of his passion--saving big cats. Visit 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, A Boy and a Jaguar, recipient of the Schneider Family Book Award, and Fireworks, winner of the Caldecott Medal. 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 the Bay Area of Northern California. Visit her at catiachien.com.