Where Does a Tiger-Heron Spend the Night?

Margaret Carney. Kids Can Press, $15.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-55337-022-2

""Where does a tiger-heron spend the night? Deep in the mangroves, tucked out of sight."" In Where Does a Tiger-Heron Spend the Night? by Margaret Carney, illus. by M lanie Watt, children lift a fold-out page on the right of each spread to reveal the second half of rhyming q&a couplets. Vibrant acrylics provide close-ups of the creatures and their natural surroundings. Additional information about each bird appears in the final spread. (Mar.)

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