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Tigress (Read, Listen, and Wonder Series)

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One of nature's most magical sights emerges from camouflage in this evocative, informative story about a mother tiger in the wild.

Introducing READ, LISTEN, & WONDER now in peggable, polybagged format.
This vibrant book-and-CD series brings the best of our Read and Wonder nature stories to life.

Each paperback title in the series includes a CD that features:
* an engaging read-aloud with sound effects
* a read-along opportunity guided by prompts
* a segment focusing on fascinating facts

In a lyrical narrative featuring many intriguing facts, Nick Dowson reveals the hidden ways of a wild tigress and her cubs, while Jane Chapman brings the mysterious creatures to rippling, roaring life.
Back matter includes an index and further information.

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ISBN-13:	9780763641894
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	11/25/2008
Series:	Read, Listen, and Wonder Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.40(w) x 13.20(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	NC900L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Nick Dowson, an English teacher and drama specialist at a secondary school in England, has a passionate interest in natural history and the outdoor world. Of TIGRESS, he says, "I have always been fascinated by tigers, and I continue to be concerned for their future. I even dream of them."

Jane Chapman has illustrated many books for children, including the nonfiction stories THE EMPEROR'S EGG and ONE TINY TURTLE, and the rollicking counting book ONE DUCK STUCK. She lives in England.

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Dowson's supple, informative debut book spotlights a tigress, first viewed stalking through tall grass in search of a new den for her two cubs: "Her fiery, stripy coat seems to vanish like magic." As the cubs grow, they "fight" each other (with sheathed claws) and learn to hunt from their parent. At around 18 months, the young leave to find their own territories. Dowson supplements a poetic narrative ("Bigger than your fist, her pink nose sniffs the air. Her ears turn to listen for the smallest noise. Bright as torches, her large yellow eyes gleam all around") with straightforward facts about tigers, presented in a smaller, italicized font ("Tigers don't have a great sense of smell, but their eyesight is six times better than ours, and they have amazing hearing"). Together, the two textual strains provide a wealth of information about tigers' physical characteristics, behavior and hunting habits. A final note cites disturbing facts, including that fewer than 6,000 tigers are alive today. Eschewing the anthropomorphic style of her Bear Snores On and other works, Chapman delivers lifelike, closely focused renderings of the three tigers, often in convincing motion. On many pages, the text appears against subtly patterned backdrops that complement the artwork; occasional vignettes of the cubs prowling across these backdrops add a note of drama. Ages 5-8. (June) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

K-Gr 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 2004 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

A tigress raises two cubs in this brief, poetic picture book that lends itself equally well to a read-aloud or independent reading. Sensuous present-tense text presents the tigress as mother, hunter, and, above all, force of nature. Chapman's bright, full-bleed acrylics make the most of the text, lush spreads giving equal weight to beauty and savagery (a stop-motion kill is most effective), the primary type set against faint paisley patterns that move in and out of the jungle background. Italicized snippets provide hard facts that supplement the more emotive narrative: "[The cubs] are too small to walk far, so the tigress uses tooth power" is glossed by, "Tiger cubs have loose skin on their necks, which makes them easy to lift." The whole takes itself seriously as nonfiction, an index (with a little lesson in how to use it) providing access to the paged text that precedes it. A brief author's note gives a few more facts about tigers and their current endangered status today, and it is, refreshingly, as easy for primary graders to read as the main narrative. A lovely, solid package. (Picture book/nonfiction. 5-8)

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