Delightfully funny and original story about a small and cheeky mouse with very big ideas and no shortage of confidence.
Ross Collins was born in Glasgow, Scotlandand studied illustration
at the Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 1994 and in the same
year he won the Macmillan Children's Book Prize for the The Sea
Hole. His picture book The Elephantom was shortlisted for the Kate
Greenaway Medal and has now been staged at London's Royal National
Theatre. This Zoo is Not for You won the inaugural Amnesty CILIP
Honour.
Karl Newson is an up and coming children's book writer and
illustrator, living in London. He is the author of Here Comes the
Sun, Fum, Little Grey's Birthday Surprise and A Bear is a Bear. I
am a Tiger is his first picture book with Macmillan.
Picture book about an ebullient mouse who insists he is a
tiger.
*The Evening Standard*
I AM A TIGER [STARRED REVIEW!] Author: Karl Newson Illustrator:
Ross Collins Review Issue Date: June 1, 2019 Online Publish Date:
May 8, 2019 Publisher:Scholastic Pages: 32 Price ( Hardcover ):
$17.99 Publication Date: July 30, 2019 ISBN ( Hardcover ):
978-1-338-34989-4 Category: Fiction
This mouse has moxie.The titular "tiger" of Newson and Collins'
imaginative tale may have been born a mouse, but it's a mouse made
up of equal parts imagination and chutzpah. As the story begins,
the unnamed, ungendered mouse proclaims proudly: "I am a tiger." As
a series of woodland animals begin to argue with the mouse, its
claims of tigerhood grow more and more outlandish (and more
humorous). When the expected tiger makes its appearance, the mouse
doesn't bat an eye as it declares, "You're not a tiger. You're a
mouse!" And so begins the second half of the book as the mouse uses
its zany logic to define the other animals in the story. The
conclusion is open-ended, and readers hungry for more will extend
the silliness on their own and hope for a sequel. Newson's fearless
tone and Collins' humorous illustrations are a winning combination.
The bold cartoons, set against bright, solid-colored backgrounds,
are vibrant enough to be seen from the back of the classroom or
storyhour room, and the expressions of each animal will definitely
inspire rounds of giggles. Fans of David LaRochelle and Mike
Wohnoutka's Moo! (2013) and Kevin Sherry's I'm the Biggest Thing in
the Ocean (2007) will add this title to their list of favorites.
This is one terrific book. (Picture book. 5-8)
*Kirkus*
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