Review: A magnificent animal that is endangered! Read and Protect!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2014
Kay de Silva, a pinnacle of a writer of children's books devoted to nature, continues her Our Amazing World Series with this colorful and informative and entertaining book on TIGERS.  Not only is the information biologically accurate, but there is so much peripheral information offered by de Silva that addresses the personalities of these largest members of the cat family - with a history that goes back about 2 million years!Such aspects of the Tigers as anatomy, habitat (ranging from Asia and Far-East Russia in rainforests, swamps, grasslands - anywhere there is dense vegetation), their ability to camouflage (the stripes patterns distinguish the different breeds), their keen eyesight and extraordinary sense of smell, the sounds of their roaring that are even below the human range of hearing, their swimming talent, their diet (mainly large mammals!), hunting skills, the nurturing of their cubs, and their territory marking.Then we are introduced to the many types of tigers - Bengal (or Indian), Indochinese (Corbett's tigers), Malayan, Siberian (Amur), South China (Chinese/Amoy/Xiamen), Sumatran, White Tigers, and the Ligers and Tigons - which as the names suggest are the offspring of a father lion and mother tiger or a father tiger and mother lion. Each family of tigers is described in detail and each is accompanied by some of the most beautiful color photographs of the animals in print. Everything about the book is excellent. Highly Recommended! Grady Harp, April 14