Gerald Rose (1) (1935–2023)

One of the best picture books of all time. Hilariously funny, yet touching, story of an old tiger who envies the position of the rajah's tiger skin rug - warm, indoors, in a well-supplied dining room - and one day decides to switch places and pose as the rug!

Beautifully illustrated book retells an incident in the life of the author/illustrator. During WWII, after the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, Gerald Rose with his sister and mother were interned in Stanley Camp. During that period a tiger swam to Hong Kong island, where it was eventually hunted down and shot - to the mingled relief and sorrow of young Gerald.

“The Tortoise and the Hare” by Gerald Rose is a book about a tortoise and a hare who are going to race against one another. The tortoise, of course, is very slow and the hare is fast. Despite the slowness of the tortoise, he still follows all of the rules. The hare, on the other hand, will get ahead of the tortoise and wait for him so he can try to mess the tortoise up on the race. The ending is shocking and I am not going to ruin it for anyone who has not read this book.
This is one of show more my favorite books of all time. I still love reading this as an adult and I am planning on buying this book. (I do not have any children.) The illustration in this book has older style drawings because this book has been around for a while but, the pictures still have a great part in telling the story. I think this book has a great life lesson: Never give up despite your competition.
Extensions for this book can be done when there is a P.E. competition. It will give the students who are not always winners and they are getting frustrated when they do not do very well. Another way is sometimes you as a teacher will have some students who think that they can cheat on assignments and nothing will happen. Instead of actually calling that student out, you can read this book to everyone and they will realize that cheaters do not always succeed and there are consequences. show less

It has some outdated content such as a wife hitti g her husband for failing to catch fish which may not be suitable for all ages