Tigers

Learn how at these stealthy predators are at risk due to illegal hunting.

Nature's Children series provides young readers (Ages 8-10) with fascinating information about the planet's most incredible wildlife species. Each title offers a complete picture of the animal- from birth to adulthood- and describes its place in our world, including how humans impact it and its environment. Did you know that a tiger's stripes go all the way to its skin-or that newborn cubs weight about as much as a stick of butter? Learn fascinating facts like these-and more-all in the pages of this book!

Patricia Janes has nearly two decades of experience writing about science for children. She once traveled to Churchill, Canada, and saw polar bears and arctic foxes in the wild. She lives with her husband, son, and dog in Westchester, New York—which is very, very far from the frozen north.