Grades: K - 4 Children will enjoy learning about math while reading these real-life animal stories. Full-color illustrations and easy-to-understand text feature real animals in math story problems that will help students learn about division and graphing. 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 fivehundred- pound adult. A heartwarming story about one tiger’s fight for survival that also introduces a basic math skill. Paperback, 32 pages.
