Tigers – Cannonball Read 17

Here Kitty Kitty Tiger

Lost Cat! by Jacqueline K. Rayner

Mister Kitty is Lost! by Greg Pizzoli

Sometimes, a Tiger by Z. B. Asterplume

March 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you like cats? As the saying goes, you should never trust someone who does not like cats. Or is that dogs? No, I’m sure it is cats…. Regardless which (or both) it is, if you like cats, and if you like reading, and if you like picture books these three below titles are books you should investigate reading. Each one is a bit different, but they could work for most people and most ages. First, we have Lost Cat! Jacqueline K. Rayner made a […]

“The Circus has a great obligation to the people of America.” (Irving Feld)

Tiger, Tiger: My 25 Years with the Big Cats by Charly Baumann

August 2, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

CBR14Bingo: Star (Charly clearly sees himself as a star, and he was) This was a pretty fast and straight forward autobiography of Charly Baumann’s twenty-five years of circus life. It’s not the type of autobiography where the author does a lot of introspection, but it’s an enjoyable read and a good look into European and American circus post-WWII and into the 1970s. His descriptions of his training methods and the long, difficult process of carefully training tigers was interesting. There are also a lot of […]

When a Tiger comes to dinner she will want to…..

When a Tiger Comes to Dinner by Jessica Olien

June 14, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When a Tiger Comes to Dinner is a weak story. The all-knowing narrator Jessica Olien has created has broken the fourth wall and the story/reader relationship has bled together. And this makes the narrator come across as condescending and, in the end, a know-not-a lot narrator. But it is the fun and hidden details in the illustrations that made the book. The mouse has neat things like silly book names/covers and photographs around the rooms. There are puns and just neat things to look at. […]

Ti-double-grr-er!

November 3, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have never really been a tiger fan. Now, do not get me wrong, I really think they are magnificent creatures. But never said, “I LOVE TIGERS! I picked up National Geographic Readers: Tigers by Laura Marsh as it was a damaged copy at work. But it was still readable. And I was “Oh nice, an easy reader on tigers.” And was expecting a few facts. Instead I got a lot of facts, really bad jokes (what do you get when you cross a tiger and […]

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