Had I still been teaching, I should have ensured that it was in our school library and used with KS 1 children in R.E. and PHSCE lessons.
Having previously reviewed this delightful book, I welcomed another opportunity to appreciate all that is good about it. The illustrations are delightfully childlike, I like the font, the characters are very appealing, the theme is dealt with in an age-appropriate, positive and sensitive way and there is so much to explore in the multilayered text. Had I still been teaching, I should have ensured that it was in our school library and used with KS 1 children in R.E. and PHSCE lessons. I am pleased to note that the rhyming format - which always appeals to children and provides a friendly atmosphere - now seems much more natural. I wish the author success in this series.
In 'Taba Tiger and God's Garden', the young reader has two books in one.
In 'Taba Tiger and God's Garden', the young reader has two books in one. On one hand, it is an impassioned plea for the preservation of the environment and the creatures who rely on it. On the other, we have a beautiful description of God's garden, where those who have lived 'in the way everyone should' go after this life, according to the scriptures of five of the world's major faiths. But are they really such different topics...surely any creature that becomes extinct is to be mourned, just as a friend or relative would be, for we are all interconnected. And how reassuring that all creatures are welcome in God's garden, as very often a chid's first experience of death will be that of a family pet. The illustrations adorning each page of this book are delightfully child-friendly and cartoonlike and, though the rhyming format at the beginning of the book is a bit laboured in places, the whole effect is very pleasing. I wished it had been longer than it's 18 pages but, by keeping it short, the message remains powerful and compelling.