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How Tiger Got His Stripes: A Folktale from Vietnam

How Tiger Got His Stripes: A Folktale from Vietnam

Cleveland, Rob
Hoffmire, Baird

Paperback

Series: Story Cove

AnimalsFairy Tales & FolkloreGeneral Juvenile Fiction

Publisher Price: $4.95

ISBN10: 0874837995
ISBN13: 9780874837995
Publisher: August House Pub Inc
Published: Jan 30 2006
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.11 Width: 8.00 Depth: 8.03
Language: English
Winner of the Storytelling World Honor Award

This humorous folktale from Vietnam, retold by Rob Cleveland, tells the story of Tiger, who was once the proudest animal of the jungle. He was even prouder than the peacock. Of course what Tiger was most proud of was his beautiful golden coat. But unfortunately for Tiger, he did not have wisdom and was jealous that only Man seemed to possess it. So Tiger approached Man and demanded that he give Tiger his wisdom. Man then uses his wisdom to outsmart Tiger when he finds himself tied to a tree with a rope. While trying to escape, Tiger burns his coat on the rope, leaving permanent stripes on his beautiful golden coat. This wisdom story will teach readers the importance of courage, caring and resourcefulness.

This award-winning story is a pourquoi tale from Vietnam. Pourquoi tales are origin stories that explain why an animal or plant looks or acts the way it does. This is one of many stories told across Asia that deal with the origin of the tiger's stripes. Rob Cleveland is storyteller-in-residence at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, Georgia and is the author of several Story Cove books.

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