Summary: As a man makes his way to the market, he sees a tiger trapped in a pit. He helps the tiger get out of the trap. However, the tiger is going to eat the merchant. The merchant arguewith the tiger said that's not fair. So they ask someone else to judge for them. The ox said, :life's not fair. The pine tree said life can be fair. Last, a big gray hare helps the merchant put the tiger back in the pit again and tells he we can't say life is fair or not, that all depends on who you help!
Genre: Fantasy folklore. Because this story come from Korea and in this story animal and plant can talk and acting like a person.
Age app: Primary, middle school, intermediate
Media: acrylic, pencil and chalk ( )

Genre: folktale
Why it fits this genre: It is a story that doesn't have a known author and has been passed on throughout for generations.

I would use this book to:
1. present students to chapter books.
2. teach students about plot and resolution.

Summary: This book is about a merchant and a tiger with a dispute. As the merchant was walking home, he heard a voice coming from a pit calling for help. The merchant takes a look and sees a tiger who is in need of help so the merchant decided to help him. Once the tiger is out, the tiger decides to each the merchant. The merchant tells the tiger that it is not fair because a bad deed does not follow a good one but the tiger disagrees. The merchant decides that they will resolve their dispute by asking the plant and animals. An ox says that life isn't fair, a tree says that life is fair. Lastly, they asks a hare who has "trouble" understanding them and asks them to show her how it all happened. Upon doing so, the tiger finds himself stuck in the pit once again and the merchant decides to never trust a tiger.

Media: acrylic, pencil, chalk

Critique: "Never Trust a Tiger" is a good example of a folktale because it uses trickery. For example, the tiger tricks the merchant into helping him. Also, the hare tricks the tiger by asking the merchant and tiger to show her how their dispute began in order to get the tiger stuck in the pit once again. ( )

The Animal Stories Never Trust a Tiger is a children chapter book and the content is about a f a Korean folklore. I love this book, because it is ideal for young readers, as vocabulary is simple and sentences are short. This book tells a funny story that a merchant was rescued a tiger, who want to eat him. This is not a fair because merchant think good deed should follow a good not bad deed, so they found other animals and plant to help them problem, but finally a hare helped him and rescued him from the tiger’s month. The art in this book are oil and watered -colored.
Usage: This book is for children who in the age around 7 years old. It can help children think about Can they trust to a tiger? And they may learn the fair is good deeds should followed by good deeds. ( )

Genre: early chapter, folklore
Media: watercolor
Summary: This is a Korean version of The Hunter Man and Crocodile. The man characters became a tiger and a merchant. The ending is also quite different. The merchant left the tiger in trap. This is a very Korean style picture book. The costume is traditional Korean style.
Use: This book can be used in the same way like The Hunter Man and Crocodile. Students can do role play. What's more, teacher can help students compare the difference and similarities between two books from the setting, characters, and endings. ( )

This is a story from Korea. But what surprised me is that the storyline is similar to the one I have read last week, The hunterman and crocodile. I think they are the same story but different versions from different countries. The characters are the tiger and the merchant who represent the evil side and good side respectively. goo and evil is one of the typical themes in folklore.
I would use this book to teach student what is fair, which is asked by a hare in the story. Is it good deed follow good deed fair or good deed follow bad deed fair? Also, this book also can be used to arouse students' awareness of protect themselves and don't be too easy to trust others.
The media of this book is acrylics. ( )