A review by shayemiller
Tiger Wild by Gwen Millward

3.0

Young Lily has an imaginary friend named Tiger. Any time something bad happens, she tells Penny (her older sister?) that Tiger did it. After painting the furniture, eating the special strawberry Fairy cakes, and unraveling Penny's knitting, Tiger is sent to his room until he is ready to apologize. Instead, Lily and Tiger run away to be wild and free. But when Penny arrives to take Lily back home, Lily admits that she shouldn't have left the house without asking permission and that she's sorry for having been "naughty," too. In the end, we learn that she never again left without permission, but that sometimes Penny went to "the wild" with Lily and Tiger so that she could also be "wild and free." There's a lot to discuss, here. I definitely wouldn't just hand this off to a child without having a chance to talk about hidden meanings, but overall it's about personality, creativity, and feelings. However, it's also about taking responsibility and being safe.

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