Don't Wake the Tiger!

by Nathan Thoms, Carles Ballesteros (Illustrator)

All the animals are sleeping until—with each turn of the page—the reader wakes each of them up! First the tiger is sleeping, then the panda, the lion, and the elephant. Children will be delighted to watch each animal’s eyes pop open as its facial features go from asleep to awake.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals

16 pages, Board Book

First published January 1, 2017

Reviews

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

First sentence: Oh no! You woke the tiger! Quick, turn the page...Shhh...Don't wake the panda!

Premise/plot: Little ones "wake" up animals in this cute, new interactive board book. The turning of the pages opens the closed eyes of the animal. The animals readers wake up are the tiger, the panda, the lion, and the elephant.

My thoughts: If your little one LOVED Meet Happy Bear, then Don't Wake the Tiger! might be a great addition to your home library. I personally love Meet Happy Bear more. In my opinion it had more story to it. The changing faces is still fun in Don't Wake the Tiger, but there is definitely less story.

[Julia Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a newer addition to our collection: VERY short, fun, interactive, and young toddler-appropriate, with cute illustrations. On every other page, we see a big, sleeping animal, and we're warned not to wake it up. But when we turn the page, we can't help it -- the paper pulls back in such a way that now we see the animal all wide-eyed and ready to play -- or pounce!

A gift from Amee Auntie, who finds the most stylish gifts (but never sacrifices function and practicality).

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a typical-sized board book, but each time you flip the page the animal wakes up. It works in Baby Storytime if there are only a few kids, so they can each turn a page.

[Kelly]

It's fun to watch the faces change. I hope the book will hold up because definitely the part in the spine could get torn.