Tiger in Trouble!: And More True Stories of Amazing Animal Rescues

by Kelly Milner Halls

Follow the journey of Nitro, a tiger kept in captivity in Kansas. His story starts when the county sheriffs visited a Kansas property and decided to confiscate all big cats from their owner. Lions were sent to the Detroit Zoo, and Nitro and his friend Apache went to the Carolina Tiger Rescue. As Nitro was adjusting to his new home, things went terribly wrong. Fever broke out, and he lost his sight. With the help of his rescuers, his friend Apache, and a lot of patience and love, blind Nitro was given a whole new way to "see". Nitro became the keepers' and visitors' favorite.

Filled with gorgeous photographs, sidebars, and fun facts, Tiger in Trouble! is sure to captivate all big cats lovers. Kids will learn great tips about these fascinating creatures and how to contribute to their conservation.

Stories in this books also
 • Ethereal's survival the white albino bat
 • Susie, Bob, and The Three Monkeyteers

This book will capture the hearts of animal lovers everywhere, as they will love reading the true stories of humans saving the lives of amazing animals.

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Genres: Animals, Nonfiction, Childrens, Science

112 pages, Paperback

Published October 9, 2012

About the author

Kelly Milner Halls specializes in high interest, well researched nonfiction for young readers. Her books include TALES OF THE CRYPTIDS, SAVING THE BAGHDAD ZOO, IN SEARCH OF SASQUATCH and ALIEN INVESTIGATION. But she is also an avid YA fan and loves realistic fiction including GIRL MEETS BOY, the anthology she edited for Chronicle (January 2012). Her first short story is in that anthology. She hopes it won't be her last. When she's not writing or doing school visits, she works for her friend and mentor Chris Crutcher in Spokane.

Reviews

[Kaitlynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it would be interesting to read a book that had facts and stories in it so I tried this one out. I love tigers and the first story was fun. It had pictures and fun facts throughout the whole book. The second was a bat and I thought it was cool learning more about bats. The third was monkeys. They were pretty cool. So I liked this and am definitely going to read more.

[Michelle Brosi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Students love this series, because it's an easier chapter book and it's nonfiction. Read after administering a benchmark test for modeling silent reading. I liked that after each rescue there was a section dedicated to "what can you do" information with names of organizations, lists of donation requests, and websites to learn more.

[Yarden · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book that has many cool amazing facts

[Maximilian Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't really like this book because I either heard of all of this before or I already read the book.

[Lupe · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick, easy, and interesting chapter books about animals that will appeal to my older elementary students.

[Vicky young · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter loves Tigers and said that this was a great book and loads of facts.This book would be ideally for a tiger lover.Who loves tigers?

[Lightwhisper · Rating 3 out of 5]

Li a versão em português e é um livro de duas histórias verdadeiras sobre animais resgastados. Simples mas infelizmente uma realidade.

[Hope Hill · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think my favorite might be Ethereal the albino bat. Nitro's a close second though since I love how readily his handlers adapted his enclosure when they found out he was blind.

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did not like this book because Nitro was blind. I think Nitro learned about his cage without seeing. Soon Nitro knew all about his cage and spent a long time in his cage.

[Sasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

I USED A DIFFERENT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BOOK, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND IT IN GOOD READS, THIS IS CLOSE TO THE ONE I USED FOR MY REVIEW.

Title: National Geographic Kids: Tigers
Author: Laura Marcsh
Date of Publication:2012

Genre: Non Fiction/Informational text
Summary: A short informational text that covers Tiger's habitat, hunting and eating habits. Also discusses different types of tigers and how the reader can help protect Tigers in the wild.
Evaluative Commentary: This is a level 2 book (independent reader) and is filled with beautiful vibrant photographs of Tigers. Also this part of a series of books on animals by National Geogrphic Kids and can be a great introductory text that teachers students how to conduct non-fiction/informational research.
Discussion Questions:
Has any one ever seen a tiger before? What do you remember about a tiger? (before reading)
What other animals do you know that like to live in both hot and cold climates?
What animals do you know that like to swim in the water?
Even though Tigers are part of the cat family, they are different from the cats we keep as pets, Can you tell me some of the differences between house cats and Tigers? What are some similarities?
List the different types of Tigers you read about? Which one is the most rare Tiger?
A hundred years ago there were close to 100,000 tigers around now there are only 3500, Can you tell me by how much has the population of tigers has declined?(connecting the science unit to Math/cross discipline activity)
List the reasons why Tigers are in danger of disappearing?
Killing Tigers is against the law but it still happens? Why do you think people break this law?
What can you do to help to save Tigers?

Comprehension Strategy: Review/Learn: Table of Content, Map reading (24-25), Glossary.

Extension activity: The Stump your parents activity at the end of the text offers a list of multiple choice questions relating to the text and can be adapted for partner quiz activity.
Make information posters about Tigers and why they are in danger of disappearing and what we can do to help.
Start a class/school collection can to raise funds for an organization that protects Tigers.

Electronic resource:http://www.nationalgeographic.com/sup...

[Lucy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm doing one chapter a night with B. I'm so excited he's ready for this, and this was a great choice for our first one!

Update: We didn't end up finishing the whole book, but it was still a great reading experience. He really only chose it for the tiger story so I didn't want to pressure him into finishing the stories that weren't holding his interest.

[Spark]

I loved this book because There was 3 animal rescues, Not just 1! My favorite rescue was the tiger one. In the start, The tiger lived with an animal keeper. The animal keeper had 3 lions and 2 tigers. The lions and the tigers had very small cages. One day the animal keeper was late to feed the animals, A random person walked up to the lions cage and stuck their hand through the gate (that was a bad idea.) Then, one of the lions was so hungry that she bit his hand off! When the animal keeper came with the truck full of food, he ran towards the man and rushed him to the emergency room. Since the damage was so bad, the animal keeper either had to fill out a ton of papers and go to jail, or give all his animals away. He chose to give the animals away. The lions were shipped of to a zoo, but the zoo didn't need tigers. They found a tiger wild life resort. Soon they figured out the tiger was blind, so they did a bunch of stuff to help him and he lived happily ever after.

[Noah Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

National Geographic Kids Chapters: Tiger in Trouble!: and More True Stories of Amazing Animal Rescues
by Kelly Milner Halls

This book contains multiple stories of amazing animal rescues. The author reveals how the good intentions of animal owners can go very wrong. Each story ends with information on organizations that are able to legally keep these wild animals in a safe environment.

[Brianna Crall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kids enjoyed this book and are now begging us to adopt a rescue pet! This built on great with our recent debate of should you keep wild animals as pets. After reading, a number of children changed their opinions!

[The Styling Librarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tiger in Trouble! And More True Stories of Amazing Animal Rescues – National Geographic Kids Chapters by Kelly Milner Halls – Powerful message in each story. Fantastic, inspiring animal rescue.

[Awjtf · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series of books!

[Gracedougan · Rating 4 out of 5]

one part in it was cute it was rilly good

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

My son loved the tiger and bat rescue and has decided to donate some of his chore money to the rescue organizations. Plus, he wants to learn more about tiger habitats.

[david w. rong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice!!!

[Adeline Lundgren · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is great and tells stories on real animals not fake ones

[Alexandria K · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading the story about Nitro and quite a few of other animals.

[Logan So · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading these wonderful true stories! I love reading amazing animal rescues!

[Sue · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't expect to read about bats and baboons. ugh