Mr Tiger is bored of being proper. Of wearing dull clothes, of his top hat, of being terribly terribly polite to everyone that he meets, of keeping to the rules. But: “Then one day Mr Tiger had a very wild idea…” Mr Tiger’s first step to becoming wild is quite a small thing. But the thing about a first step is that it’s usually the hardest step to take – and it usually leads to more steps in the wrong – or right? – direction. Each day, Mr Tiger subverses the unwritten rules a little further, each day getting a little wilder, from walking on all fours, prancing across rooftops and roaring. He’s having fun! He feels alive! He feels… normal. But is he cut out for the wilderness? Peter Brown manages to covey such perfect expressions on Mr Tiger’s simple face. The pictures say so much you barely need the words and, in fact, the text itself is very simple yet the story is crystal clear. My favourite page is the one where “Mr Tiger went a little too far,” (it’s so funny). No, wait, it’s the “Roar!” page (it’s so freeing). No, no, no, it’s the page where he is stalking through the tall grasses (it’s so peaceful). Hang on, though, who says I have to choose just one page as my favourite? It’s much more fun to live on the wild side.