Lion & Tiger & Bear: Tag! You're It!

PreS-Gr 1—Long's fans will embrace this tale of friendship with its fun, colorful digitally created cartoon illustrations. The book opens with Lion intently painting a picture, when Bear sneaks up and tags him, in hopes of starting this game with his friend. Annoyed Lion does not join in, but Bear gets Tiger to play instead. Lion still does not want to play when Tiger tags him. Lion even makes a wall out of sticks so his friends will get the message. "Lion made himself extremely unavailable." Tiger and Bear continue playing tag by themselves but eventually try double teaming Lion in hopes he will change his mind. But this doesn't work, either. "PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE! I do NOT want to play! I just want to finish my painting!" Tiger then asks, "Okay but do you promise you'll play when you're done?" Lion agrees. Illustrations work well with the text. The story ends with the three friends sitting down to enjoy Lion's painting. Guess who wants to start the next game of tag?