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July 16, 2011 7:08 PM Subscribe
Whats that book with tigers wearing clothes and traveling?
I very vaguely remember this book from my childhood in the 80's. I remember it was gorgeously drawn, and freaked me out quite a bit, though it likely was not scary. Surreal, probably :) They were on a train at one point, I think. If yall geniuses can find it online, even better! Thanks.
I very vaguely remember this book from my childhood in the 80's. I remember it was gorgeously drawn, and freaked me out quite a bit, though it likely was not scary. Surreal, probably :) They were on a train at one point, I think. If yall geniuses can find it online, even better! Thanks.
Response by poster: Not it, sadly. I'm 98% sure the illustrations were full page or almost so. Maybe drawn was a poor word choice... they were very well painted. They sorta-kinda remind me of Renior paintings, but moodier, gothic-ier, and with zero of Renoir's 'wispy' paint touches.
posted by Jacen at 7:43 PM on July 16, 2011
posted by Jacen at 7:43 PM on July 16, 2011
Best answer: Richard Adams, The Tyger Voyage, illustrated by the very talented Nicola Bayley. (Sample image of tygers here.)
posted by verstegan at 12:15 AM on July 17, 2011
posted by verstegan at 12:15 AM on July 17, 2011
Not tigers, but Little Fox Goes to the End of the World has foxes wearing clothes and traveling. It looks like they've reprinted it with a new illustrator, but the edition from the mid '80s (illustrated by John Wallner) has some really beautiful and eerie full-page spreads.
posted by josyphine at 4:11 AM on July 17, 2011
posted by josyphine at 4:11 AM on July 17, 2011
Was the entire book about tigers? Graeme Base's alphabet book Animalia has a page of "Two Tigers Taking the 10:20 Train to Timbuktu."
posted by Gordafarin at 5:59 AM on July 17, 2011
posted by Gordafarin at 5:59 AM on July 17, 2011
Response by poster: Verstegan got it! Weird that it has tyger in the name... thanks for sorta helping, subconscious! But much thanks to everybody who helped. Some of these look great too! :)
posted by Jacen at 7:51 AM on July 17, 2011
posted by Jacen at 7:51 AM on July 17, 2011
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posted by notquitemaryann at 7:30 PM on July 16, 2011