Author: Mary Green
Illustrator: Stephen Gulbis
Year: 2004
Publisher: Orchard Books, London
Age: 3 and above
No. of Pages: 32
ISBN: 978-1-84362-562-8
I’m a little partial to books that are lyrical especially if they have pages that look like they jumped out of an art gallery.
Tiger Tom is a perfect example as are some others like Said Mouse to Mole, Gruff the Grump and One Winter’s Night.
A little girl looks out her window and sees a tiger basking in the moonlight. She silently watches him as he dances and sings, arches and leaps across her garden.
The next morning, she sees the tiger for who he truly is. And that’s where I stop. :-)
Excerpt
His mouth was as big as a treasure chest,
His pearly teeth stuck out.
His amber eyes shone like fireflies,
As his tail swished about.
He clambered along the jungle wall,
The light on his slinky back…
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