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Nine-In-One Grr! Grr! A Folktale from the Hmong People of Laos
CCBC Review:
A female tiger is told by the great god Shav to expect nine baby cubs a year as long as she remembers this promise. Bird's interest in self-preservation leads to tricking Tiger into only having one cub every nine years, which is why there are so few tigers on the earth today! The silkscreen, watercolor and colored pencil art created for this book was adapted from the story cloth stitchery techniques of Hmong women. ©1989 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Nancy Hom
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-8
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Animals (Fiction)
Folk and Fairy Tales
Hmong People
Diversity subject:
Asian
Publisher:
Children's Book Press
Publish Year: 1989
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0892390484
CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 398 Xiong