This totally delightful tale from India lives up to its reputation of being an old favorite. Originally written in 1899 as a story for her children, Helen Bannerman has crafted a classic childrens story. With updated illustrations that are realistic yet hilarious and a story with a moral, we go to India and learn a bit about Indian culture too. This story is about Babaji and the wonderful new clothes his mother has sewn for him and the beautiful umbrella and shoes his father bought for him to match his grand new outfit. As he is out walking one day he runs across some tigers who want to eat him but he bargains away all his new clothes to keep from being eaten. Now the tigers argue over who is the grandest, leaving all their ill-gotten gains unguarded as they fight each other for the title. Don’t miss the funny illustrations of tigers disputing with each other. But Babaji has the last laugh with a twist at the end! Altogether a true classic tale of tiger tails! Find this in the Easy section under E BAN.
Submitted by Melanie Pullen
Courtesy of Sequoyah Regional Library System
Library website: http://www.sequoyahregionallibrary.org
