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Mr. Tiger Goes Wild
48 pages
A delightfully deadpan rebellion against stuffy manners that celebrates the joy of letting your true colors show.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like loosening a too-tight collar and finally taking a deep breath. It begins in a world of sepia-toned rigidity, where the prose is as sparse and buttoned-up as the top-hat-wearing animal citizens. But as the pages turn, the pace quickens with a mischievous, deadpan energy, and the atmosphere bursts into vibrant, roaring life. It is a brisk, joyful celebration of shedding societal expectations to find your own roar. The emotional journey moves from stifled boredom to exhilarating liberation, ultimately landing on a warm, inclusive note of balance. It is an absolute delight for any child—or adult—who has ever felt the urge to break the rules, run into the woods, and just be a little bit wild.
- Mood
- stuffy-turned-exuberant
- liberating
- vibrant
- Tone
- playful
- deadpan
- rebellious
- joyful
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- embracing your true self · the joy of breaking rules · balancing society and freedom · self-expression
- The writing
- Sparse, rhythmic, and perfectly paced to complement the highly expressive, evolving color palette of the illustrations.
- The arc
- Moves from stifled boredom to exhilarating liberation, ultimately landing on a warm, inclusive note of balance.
- Who it's for
- Young readers and their parents who sometimes feel constrained by the rules of good behavior and need a safe outlet for their inner wildness.
About the book
Are you bored with being so proper? Do you want to have more fun? Mr. Tiger knows exactly how you feel. So he decides to go wild. But does he go too far? Bored with city life and the proper behavior it requires, Mr. Tiger has a wild idea that leads him to discover his true nature. From Caldecott Honor artist Peter Brown comes a story that shows there's a time and place for everything...even going wild. - Publisher.
Description from Open Library.
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