The writer is a novelist and it shows. This is so unnecessarily wordy that I just started skipping bits while reading it out loud. A boy and his family go camping. A talking tiger shows up. But the book isn't written in a playful way. It's more of a profound metaphor of ... um, something. The artwork is amazing. I have no idea what the story was going for.

June 2019. Wow. I read this to myself when the hold came in, and almost teared up. The story is a perfect blend of realism and fantasy - I see so much of my own almost 1st grader in the main character, and there's a hint of melancholy as the summer is almost over. And the tiger - I thought for a minute that maybe only the boy could see the tiger, but there are references to the rest of the family talking to him. But the tiger has such powerful symbolism even if he's meant to be real, that I keep...

Camp Tiger by Susan Choi, illustrated by John Rocco. PICTURE BOOK. Putnam (Penguin), 2019. $18. 9780399173295BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - NOAUDIENCE APPEAL: LOWA little boy is getting ready for the start of first grade, but first comes the family campout. This year there’s a new family member – a tiger has joined them. But this tiger has the little boy’s back as the last days of summer wind down. I must totally be missing the point this time. When the tiger takes the 6-year-old boy out in

The illustrations are simply beautiful, especially those of the tiger which are mesmerizing! The story is simple, an imaginative boy dealing with change and growing up a little but not wanting to.

I don’t want to understand it, I loved it! To fully understand it, would take away some of the glamour of this children’s book. No overthinking on my end, this little boy had a fabulous end to his summer and he’s ready for first grade. He’ll be making a big transition this fall from kindergarten to first-grade and he, like many other children, would rather be back in kindergarten. He’s not looking forward to losing some of his social/playing time and gaining more time working on educational matt...

Some of the illustrations are truly spectacular, but I could have used more clarity for the story itself. I think the tiger is meant to be imaginary, but the way the young boy's parents behave isn't always consistent with that. Even though the illustrations would be great for a read aloud, I'm not sure I would feel comfortable sharing it with a class because of the above ambiguity and some seeming contradictions (e.g., tigers in general like water, but this tiger is described as afraid of the wa...

Childrens picture book. I am glad I am not the only one who did not GET this story. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful but the text is a bit odd. It's about a boy who goes on an annual camping trip with his family to celebrate the end of summer. This year is a bit different, because now that he's going into first grade he's expected to do more for himself. There is a tiger that comes up to the family on the trip, and talks to them. It is unclear what the significance of the tiger is, or

This is a very interesting fantasy. A talking tiger appears at a family's campsite in a pine woods forest in the US. I would have thought that the tiger was a figment of the youngest boy's imagination, except that the entire family of four can see it and talk with it. The tiger joins the family on their hikes and fishing trips without ever being aggressive. But it is the kindergarten-going-on-first-grade boy who bonds with the tiger more than the other family members. On a few pages, the youngst...

Another recommendation from Ms.B - thanks!Last days of summer, every year "the boy" and his family take one last trip to camp at Mountain Pond. This year the boy and his family are brought face to face with a Tiger - rather unusual in many ways, no other campers in the park, no park rangers, and tigers are not "native" to North America.The tiger seems to be able to communicate verbally with the boy and his family - the family accepts this and accepts him into their camp and lives for the few day...

This book is very pretty. But I can't decide if the metaphor works or not. But it is very pretty.

The magical realism of a tiger who sidles up to a boy on a camping trip with his family is lovely, but a bit too mystical to truly understand-- was it his nervousness of starting a new grade in school? His own wild imagination? It's never truly resolved, but what is without question is the artistry of the illustrations-- a tiger (not from Africa but from Asia, neither of which setting is where the characters are in the wilderness of what we assume to be the United States) hiking and riding the w...

I didn't quite get this story. Was the tiger make believe? Was the tiger real but could talk? The tiger seemed to be the only character that LISTENED to the boy. Perhaps the story is a comment about boys growing up.

Wild and wondrous! Camp Tiger reads like Calvin and Hobbes adapted to a literary picture book about growing up. A boy and his family go on their annual camping trip. This year brings new surprises - lots of firsts for the boy who is coming of age and a mysterious camp visitor: a tiger! Glorious illustrations of the tiger and some lovely writing as well. The kind of books that makes you want to run wild after dark and growl at the moon. The tiger pushes his paws through the sparkling black w...

I'm not sure if I even fully "get" this book. But I kind of love it.A little boy goes camping with his family (dad, mom, and older brother). As they prepare to set up camp, a tiger walks out of the woods. As if that's not unusual enough, the tiger starts to talk! He asks the family if they have an extra tent, because all he has is a cave and he's kind of cold. The family does, in fact, have an extra tent, so the tiger proceeds to spend the rest of the trip with the family, joining them for canoe...

A boy is on a late summer camping trip with his family befriends a tiger. It's up to the reader to decode if the tiger is real or not. There's something special about this story that leaves the reader questioning what's real and what's not. I loved it.

I don't think that I quite understand what this book is supposed to be... but the illustrations are cool.

This is the camping trip I dreamed about as a child. I was always the best of friends with beast that could choose to eat me, but didn't bother.

An annual end-of-summer camping trip with his family finds a boy not quite ready for first grade, but an unexpected friend prepares him for the start of school in ways he couldn't have imagined. When the usual sights of Mountain Pond give rise to a visiting tiger, who joins the boy on the family's explorations, the weekend reveals new experiences to the reticent boy. From previously unseen overlooks to daunting leaps now possible after the year's growth, the tiger coaxes the boy along, affirming...

A boy and his family go camping just before school starts. The boy is starting to grow up and be pushed to do things independently, but he is reluctant to change. On the camping trip, a tiger appears, and the boy and the tiger do things together that the boy has not attempted in the past. A beautifully illustrated book with lots of depth and meaning.

There is magic in this book. It's a rather simple story, a family goes camping the last time for the season in September. They know the place. A boy is about to go into 1st grade and he doesn't want things to change. As they are setting up camp this talking Bengal tiger joins them.I'm not sure exactly what the author was getting at, but what I got from the story is the tiger was like the imaginary friend we have or that boundless imagination as a young child we have. As we grow, it lessens and c...