Picture Book of the Day: 

It's a Tiger!, written by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Jeremy Tankard

If you are looking for an action-packed story, then definitely check out It's a Tiger!, about a boy trying to outrun a tiger who keeps popping up in the most unlikely of places.  LaRochelle creates a cool meta atmosphere with his use of the word "we," suggesting that the author and the reader are on this turbulent trek together.  The child keeps mistaking the tiger for other things (a vine, a sea captain, and so on).  The author asks the readers to yell "A TIGER!" at frequent intervals whenever the fierce creature appears, and usually kids like to add an extra roar just to make things even more dramatic.  Tankard's expert illustrations help accentuate the wildness of these encounters.  As in a lot of recent picture books, the story ends on a sweet note with the tiger basically looking for a friend and a good cuddle or perhaps a bedtime story that takes us back to the beginning of the book, but with a new animal to keep us jumping out of our seats.  This would make an excellent companion to Candace Fleming's and Eric Rohmann's recent addictively entertaining tiger tale Oh, No!.