Review: a fine children's book about tigers -- and how they deserve to be protected from becoming extinct
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2014
Kay de Silva’s excellent children’s book about tigers has a great deal of information about them; even I myself as an adult learned so much about them thanks to her sophisticated writing style that is yet quite accessible and understandable to children not to mention the beautiful, colorful photographs in this short but very educational book! Kay teaches her readers about these creatures we call tigers with fascinating information about their anatomy; their habitat; how they camouflage themselves practically instinctively—and the facts about their sight and smell impressed me, too!And there’s a great deal more in this book—for example, how tigers use infrasound (“sounds below the human range of hearing”)so that they can effectively paralyze their prey although you’ll feel their sound (and power) “in your bones.” Tigers are actually very good swimmers and we also discover how tigers, animals that usually travel alone, mark their territory. Kay de Silva also gives kids (and grownups reading along with them) information on what tigers love to eat—deer is just one example—and how tigers prey on other animals.In addition to all this, de Silva shows readers photos of different types of tigers with brief but excellent descriptions of each type and where in the world they are found—specifically mentioned are Bengal Tigers; Indochinese Tigers; Malayan Tigers; Siberian Tigers; South China Tigers; Sumatran Tigers and White Tigers. We also learn about ligers, “the offspring of a father lion and a mother tiger” and tigons which are “(the) pairing of a father tiger and mother lion.”Believe it or not there are still more interesting facts about tigers in this book! Suffice it to say that children and even adults will get a superlative introduction to tigers of many sorts by reading this very fine book.Kay de Silva has given us a wonderful children’s book about tigers; it’s the perfect introduction to this beautiful and remarkable creature. The book should also help kids realize the importance of protecting “these glorious animals.” The vocabularies of children will simultaneously be enhanced as they read this book and that’s grand. I highly recommend this book for children who are animal lovers, kids interested in wildlife and nature as well as adults who will happily bond with kids as they read this book with children. Thank you, Kay—please keep these magnificent children’s books coming! I only wish I had such beautiful books about animals when I was a kid!