What To Read After... I Am A Tiger
Published on: 18 November 2021
In 2021, our Time to Read book – which will be given to every Reception-aged child in England and Wales - is I Am A Tiger by Karl Newson and Ross Collins.
If your child loves this cheeky story of a confident mouse who believes in himself, no matter what anyone else says, here are some other books to try…
For marvellous mice...
Clever mice are a theme in Ross Collins’ There’s a Mouse in My House in which a colony of mice take over a bear’s house with chaotic, but ultimately positive, results. In A Mouse Called Julian by Joe Todd-Stanton, Julian the mouse is a clever and solitary mouse that likes his own company, and in Hermelin, The Detective Mouse by Mini Grey, brainy Hermelin saves Baby McMumbo’s life, much to the surprise of the local townsfolk.
For terrific tigers...
For picture books featuring tigers, look no further than Timothy Knapman and Laura Hughes’ Goodnight Tiger in which a little girl tries her hardest to get a herd of jungle animals to sleep; in Tiger in a Tutu by Fabi Santiago, Max the tiger desperately wants to be a ballerina – but can he do it? In Lizzy Stewart’s There’s A Tiger in the Garden Nora comes face t face with a friendly tiger in Grandma’s garden, and, of course, we can’t forget Judith Kerr’s classic The Tiger That Came to Tea, in which a tiger turns up unannounced one day and eats all the food in the house.
Illustration from Goodnight Tiger by Timothy Knapman and Laura Hughes
For laugh-out-loud fun...
You might like to try some other new funny picture books – Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty and David Roberts is a brilliant new book about a family desperately trying to tidy up before visitors arrive, and Beach’s The Dragon With the Blazing Bottom: A Very Fiery Fairy Tale features a dragon that loses his fire, until a friendly knight suggests some spicy food. Last, in When Cucumber Lost His Cool by Michelle Robinson and Tom Knight, a cool cucumber feels cross, but his friends are there to help him chillax.
For being your brilliant self...
Last, other picture books that reassure children that they can be exactly who they want to be include the modern classic Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love, in which Julian expresses himself by wearing a fantastic costume; in Fred Gets Dressed by Peter Brown, a little boy plays dress up in his parents’ bedroom and in A Fox Called Herbert by Margaret Sturton, Herbert the rabbit loves foxes and does everything he can to become more fox-like.
Topics: Funny, Picture book, Time to Read, Animals, Features
