Kantjil and Tiger: A Tale from Indonesia

by Cathy Spagnoli, Fabricio Vanden Broeck (Illustrator)

Mouse-deer, a trickster character found in tales of Indonesia and Malaysia, deprives Tiger of a meal. A tale from Indonesia.

Genres: Folk Tales

Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Tyler Combs]

the book is about a tiger and a mouse dear, the tiger wants to eat the mouse dear but Kantjil the mouse dear convinces the tiger to eat other things rather than him. in the process the tiger hurts himself by eating the other things. eventually Kantjil gets home safely