The Cat Who Thought He Was a Tiger

The Cat Who Thought He Was a Tiger
Cover Illustration
AuthorPolly Cameron
IllustratorPolly Cameron
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book
Published1956 (Coward-McCann)
Publication placeUSA
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages36
OCLC1394112

The Cat Who Thought He Was a Tiger is a 1956 children's picture book by Polly Cameron. It was originally published by Coward-McCann.

Plot

A striped cat believes he is a tiger. While his four brothers and sisters live, play, and eat together with a boy and girl in a house, he does things that he thinks tigers do like living alone in the backyard, eating grass, and sleeping in a tree. Later, he goes to a circus, meets a tiger and asks to play with it as "You're a tiger and I'm a tiger". The tiger sets him straight by saying "You? a TIGER? No You're not, .. You're a little cat." On hearing this, the cat is very happy and runs back to the house where he tells everyone that he is a cat and now the cat plays, eats, and sleeps with his brothers and sisters.

Reception

Idaho State Journal called it a "delightful fantasy"[1] and in a star review, Kirkus Reviews wrote "Tiger colored pictures, posed with dead pan drama, add a note of gentle ferocity."[2] The Saturday Review called it "a delightful story" and wrote "The stylized illustrations add charm and interest to the tale."[3] Duncan Weller counts it amongst his favorite picture books.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Junior Room Books". Idaho State Journal. August 25, 1958. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  2. ^ "The Cat Who Thought He Was A Tiger". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  3. ^ Sarah Jones (December 22, 1956). "Books For Young People The Cat Who Thought He Was A Tiger". Saturday Review: 37.
  4. ^ Cheryl Rainfield. "interview with Duncan Weller, author and illustrator of picture book The Boy From the Sun". cherylrainfield.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.