100 words on “Snow Leopard Girl” from The Wanderlings Complete Collection
Snow is falling in Atlanta and it feels more like home. I can almost see the footprints of the softly padded, ghostly cat in Jackie Morris’ picture book The Snow Leopard in the rooftop snow outside the window. Snow Leopard sang songs to the night sky to protect the town in the valley below and when she knew her time on earth was nearing an end, she taught her songs to a girl who became leopard before taking her final leap into the stars. The harp helped me muffle their steps as we sang together of legacy, hope and wonder.