WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL • WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST MIDDLE GRADE BOOK OF THE CENTURY Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother. Some stories refuse to stay bottled up... When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now they want it back. And when one of the tigers approaches Lily with a deal--return what her grandmother stole in exchange for Halmoni's health--Lily is tempted to agree. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice...and the courage to face a tiger. Tae Keller, the award-winning author of The Science of Breakable Things, shares a sparkling tale about the power of stories and the magic of family. "If stories were written in the stars ... this wondrous tale would be one of the brightest." —Booklist, Starred Review

When You Trap a Tiger

Japanese edition of [When You Trap a Tiger] by Tae Keller. Winner of the Newbery Medal. New York Times Bestseller. Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother.

Use your imagination to help work through difficult things and grow as a person in the process. The questions in this resource helps to keep students engaged while reading the novel. Put yourself in the mind of Lily’s halmoni to imagine an alternative ending to the tiger story. Speculate how Sam feels about being in Halmoni’s house. Put events that take place the night Lily meets with the tiger in the correct order. Come up with two ways that Lily could help her halmoni. Create a mini-book about the Korean tradition of the kosa. Make connections between scenes from the novel and your own life. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, our worksheets incorporate a variety of scaffolding strategies along with additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key. About the Novel: When You Trap a Tiger is told from the point of view of an eight-year-old third generation Korean-American. Lily lives with her older sister and their mother. After learning of their grandmother’s illness, Lily’s mother moves the family back to her childhood home to be closer to their halmoni, a Korean word for grandmother. Lily loves visiting her halmoni. They make delicious Korean dishes and listen to her Korean folklore stories. On their way, Lily sees a magical tiger in the road. When she tells her halmoni of what she sees, Lily is warned to stay away from the tiger. Long ago, back in Korea, Lily’s halmoni stole stories from the tiger, and now it’s back to collect. The story follows Lily’s struggle to break out of her shell as she deals with the impending reality of her grandmother’s death.

When You Trap a Tiger - Literature Kit Gr. 3-4

Analyzing literature can be hard - we make it easy! This in-depth study guide offers summaries & analyses for all 46 chapters of When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller. Get more out of your reading experience and build confidence with study guides proven to: raise students' grades, save teachers time, and spark dynamic book discussions. SuperSummary Study Guides are written by experienced educators and literary scholars with advanced degrees in relevant fields. Here's what's inside: Chapter-by-chapter summaries- Refresh your memory of key events and big ideas Comprehensive literary analysis - Unlock underlying meaning Examination of key figures in the text - Follow character arcs from tragedy to triumph Discussion of themes, symbols & motifs - Connect the dots among recurring ideas Important quotes with explanations - Appreciate the meaning behind the words Essay & discussion topics - Discover writing prompts and conversation starters

Study Guide: When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller (SuperSummary)

Not your average touch-and-feel! Everyone knows what it’s like to pat a bunny that’s soft and cuddly. But for those babies and toddlers who want to touch something different—say prickly and tickly animals of a more exotic nature—Betsy Snyder’s Have You Ever Tickled a Tiger? offers the perfect opportunity. This novelty book asks its readers if they’ve ever kissed a walrus, poked a penguin, or hugged an octopus, among others! Rhyming couplets share more about the delightfully illustrated creatures boasting tickly whiskers, velvety tummies, bumpy tentacles, fluffy feathers, etc.—all for baby to touch and feel!

Have You Ever Tickled a Tiger?

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