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Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers' case, make that two. The first storm comes from, of all places, the Minnesota Zoo. Two large, and very rare, Amur tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are worried sick that they've been stolen for their body parts. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes those parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get what they need. Some of them are...
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"Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan,...
4) Cinnamon
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The parents of pearl-eyed princess Cinnamon offer a reward to anyone who can help their daughter speak, a plea answered by an exotic tiger who arrives at the palace, armed with knowledge of the world.
5) Tigers
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32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
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Provides facts about tigers, such as their habitat, talents, and feeding habits.
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329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
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It's December 1997, and a man-eating Siberian tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia's Far East. The tiger isn't just killing people, it's annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. As the trackers sift through the gruesome remains of the victims, they discover that these attacks aren't random. An absolutely gripping tale of man and nature that leads inexorably...
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This book is a stirring look at the tiger, a magnificent animal that has long fueled human fascination. In critical danger of extinction, only a few thousand of these giant cats remain. Matthiessen's exquisite prose stunningly captures the tigers' dramatic fight to survive.
9) Tigers
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30 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
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Contains illustrated photographs showing tigers in the wild, and examines where they live, what they eat, how they care for their young, and other interesting facts.
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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An animated program for preschoolers ages two to four which builds on the pioneering PBS series, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Through imagination, creativity, and music, Daniel and his friends learn the key social skills necessary for school and for life.
12) Tiger pups
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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This is the true story of Nasira, Anjika, and Sidani, three white Bengal tiger cubs whose mother stopped nursing them only fifteen hours after their birth. Luckily, two zookeepers, Tom and Allie Harvey, were keeping a close eye on them. The Harveys paired the hungry cubs with their golden retriever, Isabella, who was still nursing her own puppy, to see if Isabella would feed and care for the baby tigers. The match was a success: Isabella immediately...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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"Little Tiger has a temper! He stomps his paws, cries, and growls when he doesn't want to do something. But when his mom says "Hold your temper or else," Little Tiger has to make some changes. Where will he hold his temper? In his pocket . . . in his underwear? "--Dust jacket.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"Katya the tiger wakes up early in the morning, before her three cubs, to look for food. Follow Katya as she springs into action, ready to catch a meal only to find herself unexpectedly landing in water. Katya has a busy morning before returning to her den -- Jacket.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Goes inside the largest animals on the planet to explore their anatomy, reveal their intricate inner workings and uncover their evolutionary secrets. In this episode, veterinary scientist Mark Evans and comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg dissect a lion and tiger. On the outside, the animals look very different; but once their skins are removed, even the experts find it hard to distinguish the two.
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Rescue princesses volume 8
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In the kingdom of Kamala, Princess Amina is excited her fellow Rescue Princesses are visiting for her cousin's wedding. When a wounded tiger is discovered, she knows the cubs can't survive without their mother. The Rescue Princesses must find them, royal wedding or no royal wedding!
Princess Amina and the other Rescue Princesses must find a den of orphaned tiger cubs before the royal wedding of Amina's cousin.
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Magic tree house volume 19
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71 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Having used their magic tree house to travel to India, where they must get a gift to help free the dog Teddy from a spell, Jack and Annie have adventures involving a tiger and other endangered jungle animals.
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