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The Dancing Tiger
Poetic text invites young readers to join a mysterious tiger, who only appears when the moon is full, on his joyous dances through the changing seasons. Full color.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
May 5th 2005
by Viking Juvenile
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This book was all kinds of awesome.
My daughter, Gwennie, has been into tigers for about 3 or 4 months now. She'll sneak up on you and start gnawing on your leg. Then she looks up at you and says, "Imma scary TIGER! Imma eat you all up, all gone!"
I saw this cover at the library and thought, there's no way I'm passing this up.
The pictures are incredible. The story is moving.
I loved it.
My daughter, Gwennie, has been into tigers for about 3 or 4 months now. She'll sneak up on you and start gnawing on your leg. Then she looks up at you and says, "Imma scary TIGER! Imma eat you all up, all gone!"
I saw this cover at the library and thought, there's no way I'm passing this up.
The pictures are incredible. The story is moving.
I loved it.
A K-2nd grade read, A little girl discovers a magnificent tiger wandering through the woods one night. In exchange for keeping his existence a secret, he promises to dance with her on every night that the moon is full. The promise is kept, and the two are pictured twirling though the seasons and apparently through the years, as the story concludes with an elderly woman introducing her great-granddaughter to the tiger. The story is told in rhyming couplets that flow smoothly and contain some evoc...more
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This is sweet and sort of surreal all at the same time. I kept looking for some sort of symbolism, but I don't think it was meant to be read like that. And I kept wondering why the tiger is only ever seen when the full moon is shining bright. Well, it really doesn't matter. The point is the girl and the tiger enjoying their magical dances together in all seasons. And the moonlight adds a lovely glow to all of the really great illustrations. I love that the girl (now much older) was able to share...more
Told in rhyme, this sweet and magical book would make a great read aloud for a parent and child. Wonderful story!
Nice pictures. Explores childhood and dancing and life. Picture book
I'm a sucker for this sort of lyrical bedtime fantasy.
Simply beautiful.
A beautifully painted book with moonlight illuminating every picture, Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher bring such magic to this poetic text.
Reading this book felt like drinking a spoonful of magic and being left breathless in awe.
a lovely picture book where the spaces between the words tell much of the tale.
sweet story about girl dancing with a tiger at night in the woods.
Wonderful book...kids always ask for it over and over again
The illustrations in this book are beautiful.
grandmothers, tigers/wild animals, dancing, seasons
Jan 03, 2013
Hilary Hills
marked it as to-read
Feb 17, 2013
Aubrey
marked it as children-to-read
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