The book is a hunter's story, along the lines of the search for Lobo the Wolf in the American West. It is very similar in tone and respect. Additionally, the book is full of facts about tigers (who can jump from the water like dolphins, who kill bears on princple, and who sound surprising human), facts about Russia, and about animal biolgoy. One day Tom paints a tiger, inspired by his visit to the art gallery. That night, when Tom can’t sleep, the tiger pads out of his painting and purrs, “Let’s go for a walk!” And so begins a magical and life-changing venture, as the tiger helps Tom overcome some of his biggest fears. A tiger goes man-eater and terrorizes a remote Siberian village. Can Yuri Trush and his men end the tiger's bloody reign of terror or join its long list of victims?

People and tigers don't coexist well. Especially in a place like Russia's "Wild East." But their population has modestly rebounded since Vaillant's book was written, due to intensive conservation efforts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberia... Although it was published in 1894, Rudyard Kipling’s book remains appealing to a lot of people, and it’s easy to see why. The author combines delightful storytelling, myth, adventure, and morals to produce one of the classical children’s books.

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Augustus and His Smile was a 2006 Booktrust Early Years Award winner and a nominee for the Kate Greenaway Award. Pros and Cons of Augustus and His Smile by Catherine Rayner Pros The man-eater in question did not stop at one. Investigators could see that there was purpose to this cat. Tigers do not normally prey on people. But this one went out of his way to hunt down his first victim. It is no wonder that locals consider some tigers to be more than merely human. Some are thought to be imbued with a supernatural aspect, making these already pretty scary critters even more terrifying. Vaillant tells of the investigation and its conclusions. Along the way he offers a picture of this remotest part of Russia, and many of the very colorful characters who have called it home, past and present. The area appears to have more in common with the American wild west than with a vid-phone-chatting 21st century. The empowering story of a little girl who discovers the importance of body positivity and celebrating our individuality, when she learns why her mum has stripes on her skin! Little Tiger has to take his little sister with him when he goes to play with his friends. “Wait for me, Little Tiger,” she cries, but Little Tiger soon finds that his sister is much too young to join in their rough jungle games. When Little Tiger wants to play in the river with Little Elephant, he leaves his sister behind! What happens next? Kevin Waldron’s Tiger for Michael Rosen’s Tiny Little Fly is a giant, slightly disgruntled cat attempting to swat away the “tiny little fly” of the title. I could look at Waldron’s delightful Tiger all day long, she’s so charming looking! Her big, round face looms over the irritating fly, ready to swat it away, but will she succeed where the Elephant and the Hippo have failed? 6. The Tiger Who Would Be King by James Thurber

Key quote: "Vaillant’s tiger tale is nuanced." Note that the man-killing tiger was injured, and could no longer hunt its usual prey -- as is common in historic man-eaters. And tigers need a LOT of meat to survive a Siberian winter. You do not want to be charged by a hungry, 500 pound tiger! It's quite a story, and I recommend it with a few reservations. 3.7 stars, rounded up. It sounds like the teaser for a trashy thriller but this story really happened. The Tiger is the story of a rogue tiger and it's man-eating ways.

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Vaillant does an excellent job building up the surrounding circumstances to one rogue tiger's streak of what appears to be vengeance, breaking down every element in play from sociology to scientific facts. Vaillant gives us a strong flavor of the relationships between the men (and they are mostly men) and animals in this harsh environment, often through quotes with those living there. In talking about a tiger that killed a hunter, one friend says: "If the tiger had felt that it was his fault--if he had killed a dog or done something else wrong--then he would have gone away." (p.175) "The tiger is strong, powerful, and fair." (p. 178) There is much anthropomorphism here, not only as quoted, but also by Vaillant. In fact, he makes a case for its inevitability, even necessity. Certainly if it helps a hunter or trapper avoid crossing a predator like a tiger, and keep himself more or less adequately fed--who's to argue?

With exceptional skill the writer weaves a spellbinding account with the thread of hunter and hunted, alternating roles between Amur tiger and man throughout, the detail of the telling magnetic. It's a veritable adventure/thriller/horror book. That is only the binding of the book though. What I found equally immersing was the extensive augmenting material. Such being the relative effects of Russian history from Lenin through perestroika, China's benighted potions market, tiger history and interactions, constructive and aggravating human activities, individual histories and mindsets, topography of the Primorye region, indeed most anything relevant. Stepping gingerly over the ice and plowing through the drifts, there was in its progress something relentless and mechanical: the clouds of steam chugging, engine like, from its nostrils, translucent whiskers laced with hoarfrost from its own hot breath." Vaillant's book is in part true life animal story, part love poem to the dangerous cat in the world. On one level, Vaillant presents the natural history of the tiger. On the next level, Vaillant discusses the history of tiger resuce and Russia's far East. On the last level, Vaillant tells the story of a tiger's search for vengeance. Some in the village felt sure he had invited his own death by robbing the tiger of its kill. 'It became a bit of a joke,' said one local resident, 'that he brought that meat to his own funeral.' Regardless of their other feelings about tigers, the residents of Sobolonye had great respect for the tiger's intelligence and hunting prowess, and the idea that these powers might be directed against them—at random—was terrifying. This tiger’s presence had cast a pall over the village”Augustus finally comes to the realization that his smile will always be with him when he’s happy. By opening his eyes to the world around him, he can see how beautiful the surroundings are. and how happiness is all around him.

Your BOOK A TIGER cleaning schedule has already been cancelled and you will no longer be charged. We are working hard to be expand our service and hope to welcome you as a regular BOOK A TIGER customer again soon. I am a tiger,” declares the main character of this story – although anyone looking at the pictures would probably say they are actually a mouse. It's one of those books that you get so absorbed in and you learn all of these interesting facts that you want to share with people... for instance (I just have to share!) tigers are known for their virility and their strength - and the Sanskrit word for tiger *vyagghra* was Anglicized into "viagra" for the well-known impotency medication. Interesting, right? Well, there's more to learn inside this book! Since its release in 1968, the Tiger Who Came to Tea has been popular with generations of kids. This timeless picture book tells a fun story, and it’s easy to see why it has won the hearts of millions of young readers. Over five million copies have been sold since its initial release. It has been translated into Braille, German, Hebrew, Welsh, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese.

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The text is placed in energetic positions alongside the images so it seems to follow the tiger and the villagers in the story. Tiger stripes are special to each individual, and their tails help them to keep their balance. The big cats share all but 4.4% of their DNA with domestic cats. We are currently experiencing a particularly high demand from customers, within your region, which we cannot always fulfil. We have a strong focus on the quality of our service and therefore have a rigorous application process, which our cleaners must pass. As such, not every candidate completes the process. In addition, we also ensure that our currently-employed Tigers maintain stable working hours and a fair workload. We feel that the current high levels of demand could only be served by diminishing our service quality. This is something which we are not prepared to do, and as such we must unfortunately discontinue providing our service to some of our customers. Zagarenski’s illustrations won the Caldecott Honor in 2013. This book also received the Notable Children’s Books Award from the Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC) in the same year. Pros and Cons of Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue (Author), Pamela Zagarenski (Illustrator) Pros