From the author of “Snowflake Bentley” comes a true story of environmental compassion and risk-your-life courage.  Sheep can be sheared for their wool.  But the one-of-a-kind Tibetan chiru, looking like a small antelope and related to wild goats and sheep, are killed for their wool, “the king of wools, the finest in the world”.  Chiru would die in the bitter cold, if they were sheared.  But at the rate they were being poached, they were soon to become extinct.  A caring scientist, George B. Schaller, made two attempts to discover the chiru’s secret calving area so that it could be protected. Then four mountain-climbing men offered to dedicate their summer to the 200-mile trek to find the birthing grounds, which they did.  The trekkers’ efforts resulted in the Chinese government protecting the threatened chiru.  The accounts of this adventure were purposefully vague about the exact location of the secret spot so the chiru will remain hidden.  Back matter include photographs of the people, animals, and the high Tibetan terrain.  This is an amazing adventure story, told in elegant poetic language, and illustrated in bright colors and gentle strokes of the watercolor brush…all of which is simply riveting to the reader.