While this way of life is nice and peaceful, it’s also getting dull and stuffy for our dapper hero (not to be confused with another tea-sipping tiger: "The Tiger Who Came to Tea", different book,different author, for another review. His life’s too neat, far too proper, and is more than a little tired of tea parties. Tiger may look dapper on the outside, but he feels drabber than drab within. (Which is most of us if we’re honest, and yes, even you extroverts know what I mean) Anyway… This a book for anyone who’s ever felt on the outside. I feel bad I didn’t get to this book sooner, but whether or not you believe in that “Ye Olde Kitten’s Tale” about nine lives, I hope this book will possess that fabled staying power. Ages 3 6.įor Anyone Who Feels "On the Outside of Normal" and PROUD of it! (Says "The Literary Rat of T.A.A.) Readers who prefer the view from underneath the dinner table will find a kindred soul in Brown's brightly burning character who knows that the wilderness is always waiting, should the need arise. Tiger's expression turns to delight as he scampers on all fours, sheds his clothes, and heads to the wilderness "where he went completely wild!" His eventual return to civilization reveals that liberation is on the rise. Tiger mechanically runs through the motions (stiffly lifting his hat to greet Mr. Tiger disrupts Brown's (You Will Be My Friend!) manicured spreads, which are colored in the ashy browns of daguerreotypes he's the color of a mango, has lime green eyes, and faces readers with an expression of barely constrained disgruntlement. Though similarly attired in a handsome suit coat and top hat, Mr. Tiger lives in a drab society where bipedal animals dressed in fairly Victorian apparel exchange terse salutations, while adhering to rules of etiquette. In a gratifying parable about self-actualization, Mr.
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