The Tiger Child - Joanna Troughton

It is important to teach children about different cultures. It is part of the National Curriculum and through literacy the children can learn about various folk tales from around the world. Joanna Troughton has written a series of 14 books, each explaining a different folk tale. These book are superbly written, and enjoyable for children. The Tiger Child is one of the collection. The Tiger Child is a book which I have had in my collection for a number of years and enjoyed sharing it with my boys and with the various classes which I have taught. This folk tale comes from Orissa in India. It is based on the idea that animals use to cook their food on ...  Read the complete review

This is one of 14 books written and illustrated by Joanna Troughton in the 'Folk Tales of the World' series which are quite widely used in schools across the land as it's a stipulation that children's minds are 'opened' to different cultures, hence that I have acquired a few of the books in the series. - The Tiger Child - This folk tale is from Orissa in India. It begins 'long ago' with a tiger cooking his food, yes that's right, cooking his food with a pot over a heap of burning wood! When his fire goes out he goes to the village to ask for some fire. Not surprisingly, the villagers are terrified of the tiger and lock ...  Read the complete review