Review: An excellent introduction to tigers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 10, 2013
Author Roni Shwartz has written an excellent introduction to tigers, covering their habitat, lifestyle, and eating habits, plus other fascinating tidbits about tigers. The book is targeted toward children, but I learned a great deal about tigers myself, including:* Tigers belong to the cat family, and they're the biggest cat on earth. The largest tigers are twice the size of the largest lions.* Tigers are the national symbol of several countries (and the mascot for hundreds of high schools and colleges in the US).* Tigers live in the eastern parts of Asia. There are no tigers in Africa.* Tigers are solitary animals, coming together only to mate.* The most notorious man-eating tiger in recorded history, a female Bengal tiger, was responsible for 436 documented deaths.* Tigers hunt mainly at night. They sneak up close to their prey, then sprint to it at speeds up to 40 mph.* Tigers are excellent swimmers, and they never live far from water.To end the book, there are some beautiful color panels of "Tigers in Art."