Walker Tigress

Discover some true tiger magic in this fun, informative picture book, part of the new "Nature Storybooks" series.Moving smoothly as a river, her stripy coat bright as fire, mother tiger runs then vanishes in the tall grass. With plate-sized paws and a pink nose the size of your fist, she hunts and swims, cares for her cubs and teaches them all her tiger tricks. Previously part of the acclaimed "Read and Wonder" series, "Tigress" has been relaunched in the new "Nature Storybooks" series with a brand new look. Editorial Reviews From School Library Journal Kindergarten-Grade 2-Handsome, realistic paintings record highlights in a tigress's cycle of raising two cubs to self-sufficiency. A simple, informative text laced with additional data in smaller print describes her maternal care, the cubs' growth, and the development of their hunting skills. A paragraph regarding the tiger's endangered status is appended. For curious children not satisfied with this colorful introduction to an elegant feline, Jenny Markert's Tigers (The Child's World, 1998) might round out the experience, and for those whose aesthetic tastes have been whetted by Chapman's graceful illustrations, Ted Lewin's superb Tiger Trek (S & S, 1990; o.p.) may be just the thing. Enlightening and attractive, the Tigress is a pleasure for the mind and eye.-Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY Copyright å¨ Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist PreS-Gr. 3. The zoology is as exciting as the story in this action-packed picture book about a mother tiger who nurtures her two young cubs in the forest and prepares them to take off on their own. Chapman's bright, clear, double-page acrylic pictures show the camouflage drama ("Twigs with whiskers? / A tree with a tail? / Or is it a tigress, hiding?"). Then there are the tender close-ups of one mother tiger, her nurturing beautifully captured as, one by one, she carries her cubs with her teeth to a safe den. On each spread, the simple poetic words are in bold type, and small notes in italics add fascinating facts ("Tigers don't have a great sense of smell, but their eyesight is six times better than ours"). Drama increases as she teaches the cubs to hunt, and then must let them go. Brother and sister separate, and the young tigress will one day follow in her mother's path. The combination of fierce predator and gentle parent makes for thrilling science. Hazel Rochman Copyright å© American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.