To allow the brain to focus on the information in the illustrations, this reading will look only at the illustrations and the information they provide to the reader. There are no right or wrong answers in this reading. Enjoy the questions we have provided and feel free to create questions of your own. If the pages are not numbered, page 1 is the first page of text.
Mr. Brown uses color to highlight the difference between Mr. Tiger and the world in which he lives. You will be focusing on Mr. Tiger in each illustration. Discuss the changes that you notice in Mr. Tiger.
Page 1 – 4:
~What do you notice about Mr. Tiger? Does he look wild?
~How does he look like he is feeling? Why might he be feeling this way?
Pages 5 – 10:
~On page 6, the expression on his face changes. How does he seem to be feeling? Why might he be feeling this way?
~On pages 7 and 8, what could be causing him to disappear?
~On pages 9 and 10, what has changed about Mr. Tiger? (He is walking on all four of his legs, and he is smiling.)
Pages 11 – 18:
~On pages 11 and 12, how do the other characters seem to be feeling?
~On page 14, why might Mr. Tiger be roaring?
~On pages 17 and 18, what do you think all of the characters think about Mr. Tiger being in the fountain? What do you think Mr. Tiger might be thinking?
Pages 19 – 20:
~As Mr. Tiger looks at us, what might he want to say? Does he look like he’s going wild?
Pages 21 – 24:
~Where might Mr. Tiger be going?
Pages 25 – 32:
Look at the series of pages 25 – 30:
~How might Mr. Tiger be feeling?
~On pages 31 to 32, as he sits in the nest, he has a different expression on his face. What do you think he might be thinking?
Pages 33 – END:
~On pages 33 and 34, what might the animals be saying to each other?
~Compare the illustrations on pages 35 and 36 to the illustrations to pages 1 and 2. Discuss how the animals and Mr. Tiger have changed. How do the animals seem to be feeling?
~On the last page, is Mr. Tiger going wild at the end of the story?