Frank Carlson Library

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces baby tigers to young readers through leveled text and related photos."--

A child imagines that he is in a story where he encounters a tiger at every turn.

Presents three true stories about caring humans who saved a blind tiger, an albino bat, and a trio of down-on-their-luck monkeys.

What are baby tigers called? What color are they? How does the mother tiger carry her baby? How long do baby tigers stay with their mothers? Kids will learn the answers to all these questions and more when they read Baby Tigers. This book uses photographs and text to help develop and reinforce language and reading skills. A comprehensive quiz will make learning fun and effective. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....

Every year, a boy and his family go camping at Mountain Pond. Usually, they see things like an eagle fishing for his dinner, a salamander with red spots on its back, and chipmunks that come to steal food while the family sits by the campfire. But this year is different. This year, the boy is going into first grade, and his mother is encouraging him to do things on his own, just like his older brother. And the most different thing of all... this year,...

"A simple description of the habitat, physical characteristics, life cycle, and eating habits of tigers, the biggest of the big cats." --

It's a big night in the neighborhood when Prince Tuesday arrives to babysit. Daniel knows he'll have a grr-ific time. Still, he's a little anxious that Mom and Dad Tiger are going out. Maybe his bedtime routine and a favorite song can help.

The tiger is just one of thousands of animals -- including the ground iguana, the white-rumped vulture, and the partula snail -- currently in danger of becoming extinct, joining the dodo, the marsupial wolf, the great auk, and countless others we will never see again.

"Did you know that the Asian elephant is one of the largest land mammals on Earth? Meet gentle gazelles, fierce tigers, and other mammals from around the world in these first books reviewed by Smithsonian experts" -- Page 4 of cover.

A simple housecat named Simon encounters some bigger cats: Lion, Puma, Panther, Tiger, and Cheetah. Each of the big cats has something to say about Simon not being cat enough. According to them, he just doesn't measure up. He doesn't have Lion's mane or Cheetah's spots. He doesn't sleep in trees like Panther or climb mountains like Puma. He's small and fuzzy, not big and strong. But ultimately, Simon shows the big cats that he's just like them . ....