Ann Whitehead Nagda

Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger - Animal Math Ann Whitehead Nagda

Children learn to graph as they follow the growth of an orphaned Siberian tiger cub.

A 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 five-hundred-pound adult. A heartwarming story about one tiger?s fight for survival that also introduces a basic math skill.