Tiger in My Soup

by Kashmira Sheth (Author) Jeffrey Ebbeler (Illustrator)

Tiger in My Soup
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

An adventurous boy defeats an unlikely foe in this story of reading, imagination, and tigers!

Sometimes it's almost impossible to get your big sister to read your favorite book to you. Sometimes you have to go to great lengths even to get her attention! But if you're really creative and use your imagination, you might just get what you want. Take care, though, not to go too far. Once you conjure up a tiger, there's no telling where it might lead...

Author Kashmira Sheth brings readers a humorous, reading-centered story of the dynamic between a younger brother and older sister.

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Publishers Weekly

Starred Review

The lady or the tiger? Try the older sister or the tiger--the stakes are nearly as high. Sheth (Monsoon Afternoon) introduces a familiar pair of siblings: the demanding younger brother and "over it" older sister/babysitter. The kids are left home alone for the day--and what a home! Ebbeler (Snow Day for Mouse) pictures it as a modern structure, all angles and windows, perched on a rocky seaside outcropping, as their parents' AMC Pacer swerves off into the distance. The boy is eager to have his sister read his tiger-themed book to him, but she (earbuds in, with reading material of her own) tosses a bowl of alphabet soup his way to get him off her back. Trouble is, a tiger emerges from the soup ("R-O-A-R" read the noodle letters in the boy's bowl), and the battle is on, imagined though it may be. Ebbeler truly knocks it out of the park, gleefully building on Sheth's prose with dynamic perspectives, a realistically detailed (and menacing) tiger, abundant visual hyperbole, and unexpected delights on nearly every page. Ages 4-8. Illustrator's agent: Mela Bolinao, MB Artists. (Apr.)

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School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1--An unnamed narrator is left in the care of his older sister while their parents are away for the day. Although he asks her to read him a book about a tiger, she would rather read her own book. He captures her attention long enough to get her to heat up some alphabet soup, but she then tunes him out and doesn't even notice when a tiger rises up out of the steaming bowl. The boy uses a spoon, chair, and other handy utensils to fend off the raging beast until his sister finally puts down her book and agrees to read to him. But her tiger roar is so convincing that he vows to keep a watchful eye on her as he finishes his soup. Ebbeler's vibrant acrylic illustrations include a variety of perspectives both outside their unusual house and within. The boy's imagination is vividly portrayed in pictures that show the tiger magically appearing in the steam and on his sister's face when she roars. Action shots of the narrator defending himself against the menacing cat move the story along, while the girl's inability to see her brother's plight adds some comic relief. This is a good story to show how readers can get wrapped up in a book.--Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CT

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Kashmira Sheth
Kashmira Sheth was born in India with Guajarati as her mother tongue and began learning English in fifth grade. She had lived in Bhavnagar and Mumbai before moving to United States when she was seventeen to attend Iowa State University, where she received a BS in microbiology. Before becoming an author Kashmira had many different jobs, including running a dance school and choreographing and performing Indian dances, working in a bakery, and working as a food microbiologist. She is the author of several picture books, chapter books, and middle grade and young adult novels. Taking inspiration from her own life and experiences, much of Kashmira's work centers on Indian culture and features Indian and Indian American characters.

Jeffrey Ebbeler, a graduate of Art Academy of Cincinnati, has been creating art for children for almost twenty years and has illustrated over fifty books. After college he worked for a puppet theater sculpting marionettes and performing. He also created many large-scale animal puppets for the Central Park Zoo. He lives in Ohio.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781561458905
Lexile Measure
440
Guided Reading Level
I
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Publication date
September 01, 2015
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV047000 - Juvenile Fiction | Books & Libraries
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV002150 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc.
JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
JUV050000 - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food
Library of Congress categories
Brothers and sisters
Books and reading
Babysitters
Alabama Camellia Award
Nominee 2014 - 2015
Buckeye Children's Book Award
Nominee 2014 - 2014
Georgia Children's Book Award
Nominee 2015 - 2015

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