Emily's Tiger - Hardcover

Latimer, Miriam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846861381 ISBN 13: 9781846861383

Publisher: Barefoot Books, 2008

Synopsis

Whenever Emily doesn't get her way, she growls and roars like a tiger. She roars when her mother tries to cut her hair, she roars when she doesn't get picked to be the assistant to the clown at a birthday party... what are her mom and dad going to do with their tiger-daughter? Then Grandma comes to stay and she knows a thing or two about tigers and tempers!

About this title

About the Author:

Miriam Latimer studied illustration at the University of the West of England, gaining a first class honours degree in 2003. She says of her work: 'I spend a lot of time daydreaming, thinking of ideas that's the easy bit. It's then calming the ideas down and putting them in a readable format that is the hard part.' This is Miriam's third project with Barefoot Books, following The Prince's Bedtime (978-1-84148-597-3) and Shrinking Sam (978-1-84686-038-6).

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2—Emily has a tiger living inside her. Whenever she gets angry or frustrated, it comes out and does lots of damage. Her parents' helpless reaction to all of her tiger tantrums is always the same: "Oh, Emily, what are we going to do with you?" After she wrecks the house, spoils a birthday party, and sends a plate full of food sailing through the air, Emily's granny pops in for a visit and shares her secret: she has a tiger inside her, too. It seems that Granny's tiger knows how to control herself, and likes to be happy instead of mad. Emily likes the sound of that, and gets right to work adjusting her tiger's attitude. She restrains herself on the playground, eats all her carrots, and voluntarily gets ready for bed. Later that night, Granny Tiger and Emily Tiger slip out and magically bound all over the neighborhood, in perfect harmony with everything. This effort at whimsy-with-a-message is something of a lame, confusing idea built around a weak metaphor. Most of Latimer's images are capably rendered in acrylics and incorporate collage, but the collage elements are arbitrary and inconsistent, adding little to the presentation. There are better stories available about children who act out: Molly Bang's When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry (Scholastic, 1999) springs to mind.—Catherine Threadgill, Charleston County Public Library, SC
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About this edition

• Publisher: Barefoot Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1846861381
• ISBN 13: 9781846861383
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32