Customer Reviews
Delivers Through and Through - By: Wildlife Bookworm, 12 Jun 2008 
The best thing about these books is their dual role. Most animal books concentrate either on teaching the reader about the species or giving the story of particular individuals. Big Cat Diary does both - incorperating personal stories of the animals to illustrate the points made about the species as a whole. This creates a text that is informative without becoming a dry presentation of fact & statistics.
The photography is good but not outstanding, being mostly stills from the series. All photos are captioned & relevant to the text. The A4 size of the book makes it unwieldy but allows for some larger photographs. A typical page consists of four collumns of text moulded aound the photosin an unusual & appealing font.
My criticism of the books would be that while they give anecdotes from the lives of individual animals, they fail to provide overall life histories of the characters, which is what i was looking for. In addition these anecdotes are taken from the series so will be nothing new to avid watchers.
Unfortunately the books were writtenin 2002 so are rather dated as current companions. However if you are using them simply as stand-alone books they are superb - prividing all you need to know about big cats while also giving entertainment, humour & drama to the reader. A terrific collection.
Amazing Read - Great for preparing for safari - By: , 16 Mar 2006 
I read this while on a photogrpahy safariin Tanzania with the purpose of photographing Cheetahsin the wild. It proved to be a great education & the photography is inspiring. Tips on where to go, the nature of the Cheetah helpedin my efforts to track down this beautiful animalin the Serengeti.
Wonderful - By: SL Smith, 27 Feb 2006 I'm a huge animal lover & especially a cat fan, but I wasn't especially interestedin Cheetah's anymore than any other species of cat... I'm now definatley a Cheetah-person!
This book is excellent. The photo's are stunning. The narrative it poignant, interesting, exciting & well-written. I read this as I would a novel - frantically, loving every moment & not able to put it down. I was sad to close the last page & had a new-found respect for the slight, endangered but beautiful cats of the Masai Mara. The Leopard & Lion BCD books are great, but the Cheetah is my favourite.
I recommend to all!
A real feel for the Maasai Mara - By: , 16 Sep 2005 I bought this bookin advance of going on safariin the Maasai Mara. It is ideal vehicle for giving a feel for what it is really like there, betterin that way than some of the more practical guides to wildlife viewing (though not one to bring with youin your pocket!)
Big Cat Diary Leopard - By: Joseph long, 18 Mar 2004 IT IS A REALLY GOOD BOOK FOR ALL BIG CAT LOVERS IT IS THE BEST BOOK ABOUT LEOPARDS WHICH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WRITTEN BY A PERSON FROM THE MASSAI MARA JONATHON SCOTT
