ACHUKA Book of the Day 24 Mar 2026
Publisher: Gecko Press
ISBN: 9798765683200
See also by Joy Cowley:
The Fierce Little Woman And The Wicked Pirate [ACHUKA Book of the Day 15 Jul 2025]
Twigs And Stones [ACHUKA Book of the Day 15 Apr 2025]
A Lot of Silly (also ill. David Barrow) [ACHUKA Book of the Day 5 Dec 2024]
Good Night, Good Beach [ACHUKA Book of the Day 5 Jun 2024]
“The minimal text takes up very little space here, consisting of just a few lines of short sentences, with the refrain of “He only eats cake” repeating throughout. It’s the artwork that must carry the humor, then, and it does so with aplomb: multiple full spreads comedically emphasize Tiger’s huge body in relation to the little boy as Tiger licks a bakery window in anticipation or as the boy drags Tiger by his tail across the page toward the dentist’s office. The color palette is made up of aptly candy-colored pastels with the giant, expressive orange and black tiger standing out in every scene.” MUSE
“A deeply amusing, wonderfully subversive look at defying expectations and watching what you eat.” KIRKUS
This popular story has been collected in many anthologies but now gets full picture book treatment with a magnificent and endearing new tiger.
Rachel Lawson, Publisher
My tiger loved cake, and I went with him to the cake shop.
Then he got a bad tooth, so I went with him to the dentist.
My tiger didn’t like sitting in the waiting room, climbing onto the dentist chair, or being told by the dentist what to eat. Especially when she said no more cake!
What’s a tiger supposed to eat?
A bossy adult is made to look silly and a charming tiger wins the reader’s heart in this subversively funny story about a love of cake and the pull of natural tiger instincts.
The book has glorious tiger-striped end papers:
You can follow David Barrow on
A simple, dead pan telling Joy Cowley with wonderfully expressive watercolour illustrations @DavidBarrow3 #MyTiger @geckopress is #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed on the blog https://t.co/9O3QjtZuvT pic.twitter.com/OJtHzQwcHc
— Jill Bennett (@JillBennett18) March 2, 2026
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