Spring 2026

My Tiger

  • Interest Level: Preschool - Grade 1
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

My tiger loved cake, and I went with him to the cake shop. Then he got a bad tooth, so I went with him to the dentist.

My tiger didn’t like sitting in the waiting room, climbing onto the dentist chair, or being told by the dentist what to eat. Especially when she said no more cake!

What’s a tiger supposed to eat?

A bossy adult is made to look silly and a charming tiger wins the reader’s heart in this subversively funny story about a love of cake and the pull of natural tiger instincts.

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979-8-7656-8320-0
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Interest Level Preschool - Grade 1
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Picture Books
Copyright 2026
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Gecko Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2026-03-03
Text Type Fiction
BISACS JUV019000, JUV015000, JUV002150
Dewey [E]
Dimensions 8.85 x 10.85
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Author: Joy Cowley

Joy Cowley is a celebrated New Zealand writer for children and adults, who has won many awards and honors. These include a New Zealand Arts Foundation Icon Award for lifetime achievement, the Prime Minister’s Award for contribution to literature, and shortlisting for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Illustrator: David Barrow

David Barrow is a graduate of the Cambridge School of Art where he completed a Masters in Children’s Book Illustration and received the top prize, the Sebastian Walker award for most promising children’s illustrator. He lives in England with his wife and son.

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

“A deeply amusing, wonderfully subversive look at defying expectations and watching what you eat.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews