Ungrateful Tiger

Adam Guillain

Description

This folktale tells the story of a boy named Kim who lives near a village. He helps on his family farm. He gets eggs from the chickens. He gets milk from the goat. He sits under the tree for shade and collects fruit from it. But he never tells any of them thank you! After Kim rescues a tiger, it is ungrateful to Kim. The tiger wants to eat Kim! Will the other animals and the tree help him?

Informations

• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 15 mars 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781398218277
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 13 Mo

Extrait

The Ungrateful Tiger
Level 27
Fiction
Word count: 1,617
Curriculum links: animals, f legends/m les
Text type: folktale
Extending vocabulary:
bleated, glared, grazing, impressive, peered, shivered, village,whispered
Example questions:
• Why do you think Kim never thanked the animals when he did hischores?
• How might Kim and his family have protected the animals from the tiger?
• How did the tiger trick Kim into helping him out of the pit?
• When the snake said, “And a tiger is a tiger”, what do you think hemeant?
• How did the goat trick the tiger into getting back into the pit?
• n from the ungrateful tiger?
Programme link:
Food Chains (NF)
The Ungrateful Tiger
by Adam Guillain illustrated by Anyu Rouaux
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Editorial credits
Marissa Kirkman and Mandy Robbins, editors; Dina Her, designer; Kelly Garvin, media researcher; Katy LaVigne, premedia specialist
The Ungrateful Tiger ISBN: 978 1 3982 0207 8ISBN: 978 1 3982 1827 7 (ebook)
Contents
Chapter 1 When the tiger came .................................... 4
Chapter 2 The promise .................................................. 12
Chapter 3 The deal ......................................................... 20
Chapter 4 The trick ....................................................... 26