There’s a Tiger in the Garden
This book is best for:
- describing
- prediction
Review
When Grandma tells Nora there is a tiger in her garden, Nora doesn’t believe her. We all know that tigers live in the jungle, not in people’s gardens. But Nora decides to have a look anyway. To her surprise, she sees dragonflies as big as birds, carnivorous plants, a polar bear who likes fishing and, would you believe it, a friendly tiger!
There’s a Tiger in the Garden is a delightful story celebrating the joys of childhood imagination. The vibrant illustrations set this book apart from the rest and will provide children with many opportunities to practise their describing skills. I love how the ambiguous ending, where Nora sees a mermaid in the bath, encourages children to use their imagination as they predict what might happen next.
For further speech and language targets in There’s a Tiger in the Garden, see the list below.
Book Details
Narrative Structure: Abbreviated Episode
Story Plot: Journey Tale
Themes:
- animals - jungle
- imagination
- places - garden
Speech and Language Targets
Speech Sounds:
- /b/ - bored, boring, birds,bear, big, bath
- /d/ - dragonflies, garden, bird, mermaid
- /g/ - garden, tiger, dragonflies, jungle
- /t/ - tiger, plant
- voiced /th/ - there, the, they, that,
- unvoiced /th/ - think, nothing, something, bath
Grammar:
- negatives (no, don't)
- third person singular tense
Semantics:
- labelling
- describing
- predicting
- making inferences
Concepts:
- location (in, on, behind, outside)
Social-Emotional:
- greetings / farewell
Narrative:
- setting
- dialogue
Book Info
Published by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd in 2016 (ISBN: 9781847808066)