Paper Paper Tiger Tiger
for Letters and Sounds Revised5 Nicola Senior NicolaSenior
Paper PaperTiger Tiger
Written and illustrated by Nicola Senior
Minmin’s home was a flat at the top of his grandad’s diner.
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Minmin was sorting the fortune cookies for that evening. Grandad was cutting peppers and carrots into little shapes on a plate.
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There was a lot to chop and scrape, so Grandad told Minmin a tale about a wild tiger to keep their spirits up.
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Grandad explained that in China, people used to think that tigers can get rid of a thief or even put out a fire.
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Minmin woke up the next day and saw a proud tiger crouching on his bedside dresser.
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Grandad had made it by folding paper.
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Paper Paper Tiger Tiger
Phonemes covered: /ai/ a, a-e /ee/ e, e-e, ie /igh/ i, i-e /oa/ o, o-e /yoo/ u, u-e /or/ aw
Minmin’s grandad helped him see that to be kind, you sometimes need to be brave as well.
Phase 5 Set 2 A contemporary story collins.co.uk/collinsbigcat