I enjoyed reading this story. I like how they incorporated the graphs in while telling the story of the baby tiger. I think it would be a fun library book to read because most kids are interested in wildlife. I would not read this story aloud just because the math concept of teaching graphs is not very strong. It's just briefly apart of the story. ( )

Tiger math is a book about the orphan Siberian tiger cub named T.J. He was born at the Denver zoo in Colorado and became an orphan at the young age of 10 weeks because his mother died of cancer. This was a really touching story that has the ability to teach many kids about math and science. I love how the author separated the math from the story putting the entirety of the math problems on the left side of the book and T.J.’s story on the right side of the book. This story’s math data and graphing look really fun. I love how all the graphs are taught in the book, why they are important, and how we can use them. Personally, I would teach children how to graph data for math lesson while incorporating science! I can ask for information regarding the tigers while working on the graphs and data. I would highly recommend this book for grades k-3. ( )

The story of how TJ the baby Siberian Tiger won't eat and is very afraid after his mother suddenly dies. The staff at the zoo take care of him and at times even have to force feed him to make sure he stayed healthy. Eventually, TJ becomes more comfortable and starts to trust and play with the staff as well as gain weight. Throughout the book, there are graphs that help the reader understand and explain different aspects of the book such as how little Siberian tigers there are in the world compared to other types and TJ's weight compared to his mother and father. ( )

Combining the story of a baby Siberian tiger growing up after the loss of his mother and graphs to represent his growth, Ann Whitehead Nagda Cindy Bickel's 'Tiger Math' implements math in a meaningful picture book. A teacher can read this tiger (T.J.)'s story to engage their students in a math lesson by seeing how the Denver zoo staff works hard to help treat the cub, who stops eating after his mother unexpectedly dies. While they are listening to T.J.s growth they can see it, as well, since the book uses photos taken for his story and also line, circle (pie charts), and bar graphs to show his weight gain over periods of time. Nagda and Bickel even introduces being able to compare data by showing T.J.'s gains against his dad's as he becomes a full grown Siberian tiger. This picture book is a great way to get kids involved in learning math with a purpose behind doing so. ( )

This was a book about an orphaned baby tiger and how the zoo staff tracked his weight gain to see if he was staying healthy after the death of his mother. This would be great for when studying graphing , as a number of graphing systems were discussed. This could be great for kids that are interested in animals but maybe not math. It is also a great way to point out the practical applications of graphing. I would use this during a math unit. I might start out the book and then might start asking the kids to graph the data themselves.
Reading Level 1.4 ( )