The Tiger and the Wise Man

by Andrew Fusek Peters, Diana Mayo (Illustrator)

Overview

When a tiger plays a trick on a wise man, how will he escape being eaten, especially when it seems that all the animals are against him? Will the jackal help him, or is it simply another trick? This traditional Indian tale, retold with a twist by Andrew Fusek Peters, provides an opportunity for talking about man's impact on the natural world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781904550075
Publisher:	Child's Play-International
Publication date:	04/01/2004
Series:	Traditional Tales with a Twist Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.62(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.12(d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

Editorial Reviews

This is from a series of traditional tales with a twist. A wise man is tricked by a tiger and thinks he will be eaten, especially as all the animals which he has asked to help are against him. How will he escape from the tiger’s jaws, and how does the jackal outwit the wily tiger and capture the wise man for his own dinner? Does the wise man manage to escape for a second time? Read on and find out. The text is in large print for small children and the illustrations by Diana Mayo are brilliantly coloured and delightful, often covering a double page. Look at the tiger’s varying expressions, they are fascinating. This is for young readers of KS1 or those who like being read to. A good dramatic story.

From the Publisher

How wise is a wise man who lets himself be tricked by a hungry tiger? Faced with becoming breakfast, the wise man calls on animals in the trees to intervene and save him from the tiger’s jaws. But he finds that nature, tormented in so many ways by mankind, has little interest in saving human skin and he is left to his fate by all except a passing Jackal. Rescue by a Jackal may not be the safest option either, so who is the wisest of all creatures? This retelling of a traditional Indian tale is a great ten minute read for under eight-year-olds.

Autumn 2004 Cork Evening Echo

This is from a series of traditional tales with a twist. A wise man is tricked by a tiger and thinks he will be eaten, especially as all the animals which he has asked to help are against him. How will he escape from the tiger’s jaws, and how does the jackal outwit the wily tiger and capture the wise man for his own dinner? Does the wise man manage to escape for a second time? Read on and find out. The text is in large print for small children and the illustrations by Diana Mayo are brilliantly coloured and delightful, often covering a double page. Look at the tiger’s varying expressions, they are fascinating. This is for young readers of KS1 or those who like being read to. A good dramatic story. SLA

School Librarian Journal

Sprightly storytelling and cartoon art featuring a huge, vibrantly colored tiger set this version of a familiar tale apart from other renditions. Having incautiously set a caged tiger free, a turban-clad elder puts off becoming "Lunch-on-Legs" by asking a banyan tree, a crocodile and an eagle whether Tiger's being fair. All three agree that, considering what people have done to them, Tiger is perfectly justified in chowing down forthwith-but just as he's about to dine, along comes a smooth-talking jackal to trick him back into the cage. Peters, billed as "Britain's tallest storyteller," writes with a conversational fluency-"You were hungry. And now you've got your just desserts! Well, toodle-ooh!"-aptly echoed in comically changeable expressions on the faces of Tiger and the other figures. A lively alternative to the more formalized likes of Suzanne Crowder Han's Rabbit's Judgment (1994), illustrated by Yumi Heo. (Picture book/folktale. 7-9)

Kirkus Reviews