Tiptoe Tiger

by Jane Clarke, Britta Teckentrup (Illustrator)

Overview

Tiptoe, tiger! Tara the tiger cub is wide awake and wants to play. But Tara’s bouncing and pouncing keeps scaring all the other jungle animals away. Help Tara tread quietly through the jungle so that she can make her way home to her mom and settle down for bed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536227505
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	11/08/2022
Series:	Neon Animals Picture Books
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	635,830
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

Jane Clarke is the author of more than seventy books for young children, including Who Woke the Baby?, I Saw Anaconda, Neon Leon, Firefly Home, and Leap Frog. She enjoys visiting schools and loves animals, country walks, fossil hunts, meeting up with her sons and their families in the UK and US, and having fun with her grandchildren. Jane Clarke lives in Kent, England.

Britta Teckentrup has created more than thirty books, many of which have been translated into other languages. Her illustrations have appeared in magazines and on housewares, clothes, and packaging. She lives and works in Berlin with her artist husband; her son, Vincent; and their cat.

Editorial Reviews

Criteria for a toddler book is simple: they should be short with a bouncy read-aloud rhythm, interesting illustrations, and maybe include an educational component. This book hits the mark on every element. The rhymes are fun to say and trip off the tongue. Each page contains exciting interactive elements that teach color identification, counting, volume control, and so much more. It’s perfectly paced and designed to help children connect with the act of reading. . . The illustrations are basic but lush, a colorful jungle world prepared for a child to get lost in. . . truly joyful.
—School Library Journal (starred review)

Interactive. . . For those who need one more pounce before bed.
—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

★ 12/01/2022

Toddler-PreS—Criteria for a toddler book is simple: they should be short with a bouncy read-aloud rhythm, interesting illustrations, and maybe include an educational component. This book hits the mark on every element. The rhymes are fun to say and trip off the tongue. Each page contains exciting interactive elements that teach color identification, counting, volume control, and so much more. It's perfectly paced and designed to help children connect with the act of reading, to whisper and point, and to delight in a day with a colorful tiger. The illustrations are basic but lush, a colorful jungle world prepared for a child to get lost in. VERDICT A truly joyful "reading" experience, perfect for a board book collection, preschool shelves, or lapsitting story hours.—Cat McCarrey

School Library Journal

2022-10-12
A tiger searches for a play date in the jungle.

Tara isn’t ready for bed. She wants to play one more game, but who will play with her? She spies some fluttering wings in the sky. Perhaps they belong to someone who wants to play. “Let’s tell Tara to tiptoe up quietly / so she doesn’t scare them away,” cautions the narrator. But oh no! Tara doesn’t tiptoe. Her pounce frightens the butterflies away (“Can you flutter your arms / up and down really fast?”). Then Tara spies some owls in a tree (“How many owls can you count?”). This time Tara tiptoes, but she also roars. Oh, Tara. The owls swoop away. (“I bet you can roar just as loudly as Tara.”) The interactive prompts aren’t just animal sounds and actions; there is also some light mathematics: “But look! There’s a tail / dangling down from a tree. / Can you stretch your arms wide / to show how long it is?” Teckentrup’s bright orange feline stands out against the large, blocky foliage and silhouetted moon. The palette gradually darkens as the night stretches on and Tara finally settles down, snuggled and content, with the (perhaps naïve) hope that readers will do so, too. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

For those who need one more pounce before bed. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews