Overview
Is Penny the only one who sees the tiger on the subway train? An imaginative child and her daddy have a very different experience in this tale told in lively verse and bright, expressive illustrations. The train car stopped and, with a seat now free, Penny sat on Daddy’s knee . . . while the tiger, in his neat disguise, watched Penny with his tigery eyes. One rainy night, Penny and her daddy take an underground train packed with passengers. As they stand in the crowded car, Penny can’t believe what she’s seeing. A tiger’s tail? A tiger’s paw! No, that’s just a person with a striped glove, assures Daddy. But when they find a seat and Penny has a clearer view, there’s no mistaking the tiger’s foot poking out from under a pant leg. And when this extraordinary tiger makes a sudden, marvelous leap across the floor to rescue a baby’s fallen teddy, Penny can’t help but join in the action! From award-winning creators Philip Ardagh and David Melling comes a glorious celebration of a child’s imagination—and a reminder to keep an eye open for the unexpected.
Full Product Details
Author: Philip Ardagh ,
David Melling
Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S.
Imprint: Candlewick Press,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 26.00cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 29.50cm
Weight: 0.522kg
ISBN: 9781536242904
ISBN 10: 153624290
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 20 May 2025
Recommended Age: From 3 to 7 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Sure to have youngsters going wild imagining similar escapades. —Kirkus Reviews Cheerfully rhyming text engages readers with a charming simplicity as they follow Penny first suspiciously observing and later happily playing with the tiger when he offers her a ride on his back. —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Author Information
Philip Ardagh is a prolific writer who has been published in more than forty languages around the world. His books include Bunnies on the Bus, Bunnies in a Boat, and Bunnies in a Sleigh: A Chaotic Christmas Tale!, all illustrated by Ben Mantle. He is also the author of the Eddie Dickens trilogy; High in the Clouds, cowritten with Sir Paul McCartney and Geoff Dunbar; and Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky, which won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, and collaborated with illustrator Elissa Elwick on the Little Adventurers trilogy of picture books and You Can't Count on Dinosaurs. Philip Ardagh lives with his wife and son in England. David Melling grew up in London and has illustrated for magazines and advertising agencies as well as animated TV and film. He is the creator of a series of picture books about Ruffles the dog, as well as the Hugless Douglas series and The Kiss That Missed, which was short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal. The creator of some 150 books printed in more than thirty languages, David Melling lives near Oxford, England, with his wife and their two children.
