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Wait! I Want to Tell You a Story

by Tom Willans · 2005

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""I'm going to eat you, little muskrat,"

said the tiger.

"Wait!" said the muskrat.

"I want to tell you a story."

"Okay," said the tiger,

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"but make it quick!""

Clever muskrat!

He knows just how to outwit a very hungry tiger: tell him a story.

Silly tiger!

Tigers shouldn't listen to muskrats and their stories...especially clever muskrats with clever stories.

Tom Willans creates a delightful read-aloud to complement his quirkily rendered animals. The surprise ending will have children laughing and asking for the story to be read again and again.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thisstorytellingstorytellingMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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