S. J. Fore

I can’t sleep because there’s a tiger in my closet . . . eating potato ships.
. . . Bouncing.
. . . Doing cartwheels.
. . . Tapping.
. . . Playing the Tuba.
. . . Turning the light on and off.
. . . Crying.

Crying? What happened to make Tiger cry? And what will the boy do now?

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The targeted audience for this charming tale is the young reader ages two through five or six. It is the perfect for a bedtime story . . . sure to strike a familiar note with youngsters. The predictable series of events as the boy tries [over and over] to sleep will delight young readers. And there’s nothing scary in the closet [just a noisy, but friendly, tiger].

Here the youngster takes the adult role while the tiger plays the part of the child who doesn’t want to go to sleep.

There’s some silliness creating humor in the story, but the young reader will see how the boy politely gives the tiger many opportunities to stop making noise until he finally learns the real reason for all the noise.

Full-color illustrations . . . including the dark [but definitely not scary] closet . . . accompany the text.

Highly recommended.… (mer)