Sabertooths and the Ice Age (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
by Mary Pope Osborne
from Random House Books for Young Readers
What was it like to live in the Ice Age and why was the world so cold? Who made the first cave paintings? What ever happened to sabertooth cats and wooly mammoths? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Sabertooths and the Ice Age, Jack and Annie’s guide to unlocking the mysteries of the Ice Age! This is the nonfiction companion to Sunset of the Sabertooth.
“A great place to begin research for a report.”—School Library Journal
Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger
by Ann Whitehead Nagda
from Owlet Paperbacks
A Siberian tiger cub born at the Denver Zoo is orphaned when he is just a few weeks old. At first T. J. refuses to eat his new food, and it requires the full attention of the zoo staff to ensure that he grows into a huge, beautiful, and very healthy tiger.
Through photographs, narrative, and graphs, young readers follow T.J. as he grows from a tiny newborn into a five-hundred-pound adult. A heartwarming story about one tiger’s fight for survival that also introduces a basic math skill.
Big Cats: Hunters of the Night (Animals After Dark) (Animals After Dark) (Animals After Dark)
by Elaine Landau
from Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Lions, tigers, leopards, and jaguars are all big cats, and you would not like to meet them in the dark! They rest during the day but come to life at night to hunt. With a mighty roar, the big cats chase down their prey. Sharp teeth and claws and powerful jaws mean certain doom. Author Elaine Landau tells the reader all about these beautiful hunters: how they hunt, where they live, and what the future holds for the big cats.
Amazing Tigers! (I Can Read Book 2)
by Sarah L. Thomson
from HarperTrophy
Amazing Tigers! is the first paperback edition in our exciting series of nonfiction I Can Read Books filled with amazing photos from the Wildlife Conservation Society, one of the world's oldest and most respected wildlife conservation organizations.
Wild Cats (Step into Reading)
by Mary Batten
from Random House Books for Young Readers
They roar. They claw. They stalk. They pounce. The wild cats of the world are beautiful, but also deadly. From ferocious lions, speedy cheetahs, and cagey tigers to unusual sand cats and clouded leopards, Wild Cats takes you into the wild.
One Day in the Desert (Trophy Chapter Book)
by Jean Craighead George
from HarperTrophy
`A wounded mountain lion moves from his mountain habitat to a Papago Indian hut in Arizona's Sonoran desert during a record-breaking July day. All creation adapts to the blistering heat until a cloudburst causes a flash flood. With a measured yet vivid style, this introduction to desert ecology makes a memorable impact." —SLJ.
Touch and Feel: Jungle Animals
from DK Preschool
Can you imagine what tiger fur feels like? Look inside for more exciting jungle animals.
The Man-Eating Tigers of Sundarbans
by Sy Montgomery
from Houghton Mifflin
Along the Bay of Bengal, between the countries of India and Bangladesh, stretches a strange and beautiful landscape—part ocean, part river, part forest. This is the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, and it is home to more tigers than anywhere else on the earth. Nowhere else do tigers live in a mangrove swamp. Nowhere else do healthy tigers routinely hunt people. Yet about three hundred people a year are killed by the tigers of the Sundarbans. And no one knows why.
Tiger Tales (DK Readers, Level 3: Reading Alone)
by DK Publishing
from DK CHILDREN
Hunter or hunted? How much longer will these magnificent beasts prowl the plant? These stories will touch your heart. The 48-page Level 3 books, designed for children who can read on their own, contain more complex sentence structure and more detail. Young readers will devour these kid-friendly titles, which cover high-interest topics such as sharks, and the Bermuda Triangle, as well as classics like Aladdin. Information boxes highlight historical references, trivia, pronunciation, and other facts about words and names mentioned. Averaging 2,400 to 2,800 words, these books offer a 50/50 picture-to-text ratio.
The Dorling Kindersley Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies. There is a DK Reader to interest every child at every level, from preschool to grade 4.
Cheetah Cubs: Station Stop 2 (All Aboard Science Reader)
by Ginjer L. Clarke
from Grosset & Dunlap
Kids love cheetahs. Not only are they the fastest land animals, they also have the most adorable cubs that love to play and roll around all day long. Veteran science book author Ginjer L. Clarke seamlessly intertwines a narrative about a cheetah mother and her cubs with facts and figures about these fascinating animals. And with realistic and beautiful illustrations, beginning readers will love this book.
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