"Tigers are solitary hunters. They
search for food alone at night.
Tigers are stalk-and-ambush
hunters. They hide in wait and then
pounce on their prey unexpectedly.
Tigers don't like to share! Each tiger
can roam up to 100 km (62 mi.)
in search of their own food,
water and shelter."
In this second book in the Alex's Field Guides series, Alex is determined to show her friend Atticus a real tiger. Atticus has never seen one. As she let readers know in her first book, Alex is very interested in learning about animals. She has, once again, written a journal to showcase all she knows about tigers, and she wants to share that learning with her friend.
She is happy to offer clues about tigers to help Atticus. First, they are stripy. After encounters with a tabby cat, a numbat, a zebra, and a conspiracy of lemurs (all stripy), Alex shares the first pages of her journal with her friend. The new attribute is big teeth. Not a warthog, not a walrus, not a shark; perhaps, a hippo. Nope, tigers are nocturnal, as is evidenced in another spread from her field guide.
DARK! Not bats, nor a skunk, or heaven forbid, an owl who might just carry Atticus away. Turns out tigers are rare and endangered. There are not many left in the wild, and some species have already disappeared (Caspian, Bali, Javan). They are very hard to find. Or are they?
Lots of information is provided in an easily understood story that will entertain, leaving listeners giggling. Digital artwork holds great appeal. The picture gallery presented as the story closes allows for identification of each of the animals the two have encountered on their search. Finally, a list of resources is useful.
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