Wells, Robert E. Can We Share the World with Tigers? Albert
Witman and Co, 2012. $16.99 PICTURE BOOK/NON-FICTION Content: G.
This is a book about the environment and natural habitats. The book begins with an explanation
that tigers might be facing extinction because of poachers and humans
encroaching on their lands. The
tiger guides the reader through a basic breakdown about natural habitats and
the ecosystem. There is an
explanation about the population increase that has caused harm to animals and
disrupted their natural habitats.
There is a diagram of the different extinctions throughout the earth’s
history. It ends with a plea for
humans to be more conservative and to share the earth with the animals. The illustrations help simplify the
scientific points being made throughout and there are little “learning circles”
that add extra facts or definitions to scientific words. As with other books in this series,
scientific ideas are broken down in a simple explanation that younger readers
can understand making this book a good introduction to natural habitats. My complaint about this book would be
when the monkey and the tiger high five each other because the monkey saved the
tiger from a poacher, because it’s not consistent with the rest of the
scientific feel of the book.
EL - OPTIONAL.
Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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