DADS READ: "There's a Tiger in the Garden" by Lizzy Stewart

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Andy: Sometimes we need to imagine WITH our kids... I am often so caught up in reality and trying to have “teaching moments” that I forget to be playful. The biggest wake up is when I started pretending and my daughter gave me a crazy look, suggesting, “you are’t serious are you?? You don’t ever say thing in true.” I remember getting so caught up in my imagination as a kid, I think it is okay to get “carried away” from time to time, and just have some pure fun with our kids! Grandma is reminding me of that in this beautifully illustrated, fun book, There's a Tiger in the Garden! ;)
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Primary Theme: Playful Imagination

Secondary Themes: Outdoor playtime
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Summary: From the inside jacket cover, “When grandma says she’s seen a tiger in the garden, Nora doesn’t believe her. She’s too old to play grandma’s silly games! Everyone knows that tigers live in jungles, not gardens. So even when Nora sees dragonflies as big as birds, and plants that try to eat her toy giraffe, and a polar bear that likes fishing, she knows there’s absolutely, definitely no way there could be a tiger in the garden...”
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Subject or Voice Specific: Nora is a girl and her Grandma (if the tiger is real he’s a boy in the story)







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