Title: The Tale of the Tiger Slippers
Author: Jan Brett
Genre: Children's / Animals / India / Family
Year Published: 2019
Year Read: 2019
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Source: eARC (Edelweiss)
Content Rating: Ages 5+ (Nothing Objectionable)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
I
would like to thank Edelweiss and G.P. Putnam’s Sons for providing me a
copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
It has been awhile since I last
read a book by Jan Brett. I used to read many books by Jan Brett when I
was little and for a while, I thought that Jan
Brett had taken a break from writing
books. But, lo and behold! I had just discovered her most recent book “The Tale of the Tiger Slippers” and it was such a wonderful book to read!
The story starts off with a wealthy tiger telling his
friends the story of how he got his raggedy old slippers that is put in a
display case in his garden. The tiger
used to be poor as he had lived with his mother and he worked hard every day to
make ends meet for him and his mother.
One day, his mother noticed how the stones and thorns in the ground were
hurting her son’s feet. So she decided
to weave him a pair of beautiful slippers to protect his feet. The young tiger wore the slippers and as he
continued working, he noticed some white clay near the river and he decided to
use the white clay to build houses for the other animals, which made him into
an extremely wealthy tiger. The tiger
then continues wearing his slippers, until a couple of other animals would
start questioning him about why he wears such “ugly and raggedy” slippers and
the tiger would throw the slippers away.
But every time the tiger threw the slippers away, they keep on coming
back to him.
Can the Tiger get rid of his slippers or
is there something more to his slippers that he does not realize yet?
Read this book to find out!
Wow! Jan
Brett’s writing is still as beautiful and as intriguing as ever! I loved the fact that this is based off a
folktale from India since I love reading folktales from other countries. I also loved the way that Jan Brett
wrote this story as it is about a wealthy tiger trying to remember his roots
through his old slippers that his mother had weaved for him. This story really resonates with me because I always
liked to keep items from my childhood since I do not ever want to forget about
my roots or about the fun times that I had as a child. Jan Brett’s artwork is as usual
gorgeous to look at as all the animal characters looks so realistic and
beautiful. I especially loved the images of the tiger’s
beautiful house as it conveys the essence of the culture of India and it is
gorgeous to look at, especially with all the vegetation that surrounds his
home.
Overall, “The Tale of the Tiger Slippers” is a
truly wonderful story about the importance of remembering your roots that
children and parents will enjoy reading for many years! I would recommend this book to children ages
five and up since there is nothing inappropriate in this book.
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I love Jan Brett, but haven't checked on new books for some years now. Thanks for bringing this one to my attention!
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