If you go walking in Tiger Wood, you’d better be good?the tigers might be watching! So keep your eyes open?peep through the leaves, peer around the trees, and spot the tigers before they spot you! With a special cut-out on each spread and lots of friendly animal faces, this is a picture book that will spend little time on the shelf. Among Alan Durant’s books for children are Dear Tooth Fairy , Always and Forever , and Snake Supper .
Alan Durant is the author of books for a wide age-range, from picture books such as Burger Boy to top-end teenage thrillers (Blood, Flesh and Bones). Having worked as a copywriter at Walker Books, he is now a full-time author.
He's married, with three children and lives just outside London. He does a lot of school visits throughout the UK and abroad and also runs writing workshops.
My love for this book grows each time I read it. I love the story and the thoughtful nature of the children. I love the repetition and the rhyming. I also adore the illustrations, they are truly beautiful and well thought out! This would be great for an EYFS classroom and could prompt some beautiful art displays!
I thought the text was mediocre at best. The plot was pretty unoriginal, but was workable.
The savour of this book was the clever paper engineering / illustrations - where the holes align perfectly with the illustrations both before and after the page is turned. While sometimes brilliantly done, there are too many occasions where the illustrations just look strange - only to be found it is because it makes the hole look good once the page is turned.