A Lad & the Tigers

By R.F. Gilmor

A LAD & THE TIGERS - ILLUSTRATED EDITION - BY R.F. GILMOR - THE GUNSTON TRUSTA Lad & the Tigers is an illustrated children's story in delightful verse, as told by the author R.F. Gilmor. The story is about a young boy from India, who outsmarts four tigers that threaten to eat him. The small boy manages to save himself by giving each tiger an article of his beautiful outfit. The tigers argue among themselves over which of them is the grandest. Eventually, the tigers chase each other around a tree so fast that they simply blur into butter, which in India is called ghee. Papa takes the butter home where Mama makes and uses it on an enormous amount of pancakes, they happily eat together for dinner.Recommended by The Gunston Trust For Nonviolence in Children's Literature.Ages 3-8+

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1523484764
• ISBN13: 9781523484768
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"