Tiger - Nick Butterworth

This book is 'Tiger by Nick Butterworth'. It is targeted at children aged 2-6 years old. It is a colourful illustrated picture book. It is easy to read out loud to the child as this book is organized in a smart fashion that the child will find it easy to understand. Great fun as lots of sound noises like roars and great imagination. About the author: Nick Butterworth is a well known children picture book author and also illustrator and has illustrated this book himself. He has many other famous books such as 'The Whisperer' which is actually the winner of the Nestle prize 2005. He has sold over 12 million books making him a popular British ...  Read the complete review

Tiger isnt a real tiger he is just a tinylittle harmless kitten but he doesnt want to be a kitten, he dreams of being a great big ferocious tiger, with great big paws and great big claws, that roars very loudly. Tiger wants to be a tiger that much he pretends he is when he is playing, he doesnt want to play with wool like other kittens do he wants to stalk prey silently and jump roaring like a real tiger. Tiger spends all day pretending to be a real tiger with his huge paws and menacing roar which is realy quite funny as he only has a litle meow and by the end of the day little tiger is exhausted and wants nothing more than to curl up in his bed and go to ...  Read the complete review

***Background*** Nick Butterworth is a name that a lot of people will associate with Percy the Park Keeper. His adventures have kept children amused for many years. He has also written and illustrated many other books though and ***The Story*** Tiger is a cute little kitten who wants to be just like a real tiger. "This is Tiger. He isn't a real tiger. He's a kitten. But sometimes, when he plays, he pretends to be a real tiger." He pretends that he has big claws and that he can roar loudly. He jumps around and creeps up on things just like a real tiger but he won't play with ...  Read the complete review