My Gr-R-R-Reat Uncle Tiger - Softcover

James Riordan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408303159 ISBN 13: 9781408303153

Publisher: Orchard Books, 2009

Synopsis

When Marmaduke the tabby cat discovers a picture of a tiger in a discarded magazine, he decides they must be related-after all, they both have yellow eyes and stripes! Marmaduke boasts about his new-found relative to all of his cat friends, who are very impressed. They decide to go visit Uncle Tiger at the zoo, where see all sorts of strange animals. But the biggest surprise of all is Marmaduke's g-r-r-r-reat uncle tiger! Accompanied by Alex Ayliffe's bright, full-color cut-paper illustrations, this gently humorous story about a boastful cat who learns a lesson will delight young children. REVIEW: "Cheerily illustrated....this picture book showcases both Riordan's concise storytelling...and Ayliffe's humor-imbued, color-drenched paper-cutting."-- Publishers Weekly IRA/CBC 1996 Children's Choice Award Winner

About this title

About the Author

Award-winning illustrator Alex Ayliffe specializes in collage, and his illustrated many children's picture books, including SOMETHING SPECIAL, KISS THE BOO-BOO, and MY G-R-R-R-REAT UNCLE TIGER, winner of an IRA/CBC 1996 Children's Choice Award. She earned a degree in illustration form England's Harrow College.

From Publishers Weekly

Rummaging through the trash one night, an orange tabby named Marmaduke finds a book open to a picture of a tiger. Noting their common features, he surmises, "We must be related," and thereupon sets out on this cheerily illustrated mission to find his "uncle tiger." Accompanied by a jolly band of feline friends, Marmaduke sneaks into the zoo and finds an "uncle"-but is too petrified by his uncle's roar ("Grr-grr-grrr") to understand that he is being grr-grreeted. The cats scramble for home, their cut-paper fur comically standing on end. Marmaduke cowers in his cozy, domesticated cat bed, "and never again did he boast about his great uncle tiger." As ingratiating as a cat rubbing against an admirer's legs, this picture book showcases both Riordan's concise storytelling as he sets up the prideful Marmaduke for an amusing and painless fall, and Ayliffe's (Lucy's Picture) humor-imbued, color-drenched paper-cutting. Ages 2-6.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408303159
• ISBN 13: 9781408303153
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32