Lion & Tiger & Bear
Tag! You're It!
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Lion, Tiger, and Bear are best friends. One day, Tiger and Bear want to play a game of tag, but Lion doesn’t want to be disturbed; instead, he wants some quiet time to work on a painting. Tiger and Bear try to entice Lion to play, but their antics only have the opposite effect—what does a lion have to do to find some peace and quiet? In the end, Lion has a surprise for his friends after they exercise some patience, and each learns why it’s important to have both quiet time and playtime. Stunning illustrations by Ethan Long, author and illustrator of Hi!, a Parents Magazine Best Book of 2015, are rendered in a vintage style with variations in texture.
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Long (Fright Club) kicks off a series featuring a trio of pals: Lion, Tiger, and Bear. Lion is trying to paint by himself, but Bear and Tiger want to play tag. "Artists need peace and quiet," Lion tells his friends. The more he tries to make himself "extremely unavailable," the more his friends (who have quickly realized that two-person tag is unsatisfying) just can't quit him. Finally, a compromise is struck: Tiger and Bear will postpone tag until Lion finishes his painting which, in a mild bit of comic irony, turns out to be a tribute to their friendship. Long's sketchlike story seems designed to establish the characters' personalities fussy, exuberant, and sweetly clueless, respectively and the parameters of their friendship; it's not unlike watching a TV pilot. But the pacing and framings hit their marks, Long's cartoon stylings give the book a breezy feel, and there's enough of a friendly, goofy vibe to make readers wonder where Long will take these characters next. Ages 5 7.
