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My father loved animals, it is from him that I inherited that love for all kinds of creatures. My father liked to draw, it is from him that I inherited the joy of picture making. My father was a story teller, it is from him that I learned to tell a story.
Eric Carle known for his outstanding picture books, among them The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has now turned his talent to writing these short stories. Flora and Tiger is an exuberant and touching collection of personal vignettes dedicated to his gentle father, from his earliest years in America, through his boyhood in the shadow of war in Germany, to the present as an adult living and working in the United States.
Eric Carle writes of his Oma (German grandmother) and the hen who might have been a rooster, his cousin Fritz and the turtle who loved a cat, his friend Sol and his kidnapped black cat, and his Uncle Adam and his tamed ravens, and many others.
"These stories have three things in common," Eric Carle writes, "animals and insects, my family and friends. and me." Writing with wit and charm, full of love for the people around him, in these stories, Eric Carle welcomes readers, young and old, into his world.
The author recalls experiences from his childhood in Germany and his later life in the United States, all in some way connected with various animals.
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Kathy Tracy
reviewed Flora and Tiger: 19 Very Short Stories from My Life on December 08, 2011
Flora and Tiger: 19 Very Short Stories from My Life
An odd little book. Carle's first book for ""older readers"". An autobiography of sorts in 19 short stories, most are two pages long, the occasional one 3 pages. Some are from his childhood in Germany, some from his adulthood in America. They seem randomly collected, and randomly organised. Most are about animals doing odd things, rather than events from his life per se, although the stories do convery something of his life. My favourite story was Fifi and the String Bean. A simple little tale of his cat Fifi and how she liked to play fetch with beans and then hide them in his shoe. My cat Max used to play fetch when he was young, so this one appealed to me most. To be honest I didn't see the point to a lot of the stories, and I wondered if Carle hadn't been so famous would this have been published? I'm not sure. It is an quick and interesting read though if you're interested in Carle and his work.
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