Dorje's Stripes.

Dorje's Stripes. Dorje's Stripes Anshumani Ruddra, author Gwangjo & Jung-a Park, illustrators Kane Miller, EDC Publishing 4901 Morena Blvd., Suite 213, San Diego, CA 92117 9781935279983, $15.99, www.kanemiller.com "Dorje's Stripes" is a book written about the RoyalBengal Tiger, the largest Asian cat, which is vulnerable and endangeredas a species. It tells the story of Dorje, a Royal Bengal tiger withoutstripes who is sheltered by a monastery in the Himalayas. When Dorjefirst came to the monastery, he had been very badly treated by humans,and he had lost his stripes. A monk witnesses Dorje's anguish anddecides to try to understand, help, and comfort him by entering hisdreams. He learns that Dorje is gradually witnessing the dying out ofhis species. Every time a tiger dies, Dorje loses a stripe. This is whathas driven him all the way from Bengal to Tibet. But one day a monknotices a new stripe on Dorje. He has met a female tiger and mated, andthere is hope that the Royal Bengal tiger clan may once again thrive.Beautiful watercolor, delicately tinted paintings help tell the story ofDorje's Stripes" in an unforgettable way. Surely"Dorje's Stripes" will help to sensitize the world to theplight of the threatened Royal Bengal Tiger and help motivate actiontowards its protection as a species.