Review: Really nice, gentle book for small children, beautiful pictures!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2013
This is a really nice, gentle book to read to a group of small children- ages 5-9. It is a short book, with beautiful, breath-taking pictures of tigers- like one of a tiger in the river with water dripping from his mouth. Each page starts with a comment, then in blue print, a statistical fact (like tigers can grow to 8-10 feet in length). These facts- always in blue, are followed by a silly question for the really young children, and each page then has a beautiful picture to show the children.A small suggestion, the book refers to kilometer and here in the US we refer to miles, but then, young children probably wouldn't know the difference either way.  Sometimes the author uses words that MIGHT be a little bit mature for small children- such as "coniferous, deciduous, variations, but he does explain a fact, such as, what is a streak of tigers, and a few pages later asks a fun question about a streak of tigers- reinforcing the word "streak" or explaining that tigers are carnivorous and explaining what that means.I enjoyed reading this book, the children enjoyed hearing it and especially seeing the pictures. I heard a LOT of "oohs & aahs".  This makes me want to explore his other books to read to my class.