{"product_id":"tiger-tales","title":"Tiger Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Joyceline See Tully\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated by Chloe Chang\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWelcome to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTiger Tales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an exciting collection of seven almost true animal stories from old Singapore, brought to you by the same people behind \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Little Singapore Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This hardcover compendium is aimed at 4- to 8-year-olds, and comprises stories based on actual, documented events that happened more than a century ago. Retold in gentle, storytelling narrative, they are accompanied by lusciously rendered illustrations to captivate little readers and fire their imagination. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith much of old Singapore still covered in jungle, encounters with animals were not uncommon for those who lived here. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTiger Tales \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebrings to life some of these little-known episodes, from a crazy rain of fish and the discovery of a giant croc in the Rochor River, to a conundrum with tapirs and the delights of a zoo in our very own Botanic Gardens. Of course, no compendium of Singapore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s animal stories \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecan go without the legend of Sang Nila Utama \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edid he really see a lion, we wonder? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the dramatic story of the tiger under the billiard room. Along the way, readers also meet a cast of colourful yet real people from the past \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eincluding Colonel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilliam Farquhar, the First Resident of Singapore, the famous Ming Dynasty admiral Zheng He, and Charles Phillips, the former principal of the Raffles Institution who marches into these pages in his pyjamas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 2\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat’s more, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003echildren are treated to a unique taste of life in old Singapore like never before, and hopefully have their curiosity piqued about our history. And just like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Little Singapore Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, all the illustrations here have been painstakingly researched and brought to life in captivating detail. All the animals and insects that appear in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTiger Tales \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecan be accurately identified, thus offering another point of conversation and discovery for children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCheck out more great stories from Pepper Dog Press:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.woods-in-thebooks.mom\/collections\/books\/products\/little-singapore-book\"\u003eThe Little Singapore Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.woods-in-thebooks.mom\/collections\/books\/products\/house-palmer-road\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe House on Palmer Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.woods-in-thebooks.mom\/collections\/books\/products\/house-silat-road\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe House on Silat Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e=====\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003c\/span\u003e9789811483615\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003ePages: 96\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Woods in the Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37624363286702,"sku":"9789811483615","price":26.51,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2950\/5102\/products\/Joyceline_See_Tully-Tiger_Tales.jpg?v=1606804998","url":"https:\/\/www.woods-in-thebooks.mom\/products\/tiger-tales","provider":"Woods in the Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}