NIkolaus Ober & Nina Ober
Tiger Learns to Fly

Sometimes, it’s hard to believe, even a tiger is bored. And sometimes, no amount of playing football with the vultures, singing with the wildebeest or acting with the monkeys can help a tiger against this boredom.
Learn to fly, that would be it, Tiger thinks one day. But that turns out to be more difficult than expected: The nasty cranes can only laugh at his first failed attempts … until the clever spectacled bear decides to lend his tiger friend a helping hand …
Luftschacht
Picture Book
Original title: Tiger lernt fliegen
Age 4+
48 pp | € 24
hc | 200 x 210 mm
Publication: March 2017
Author: Nikolaus Ober
Illustrator: Nina Ober
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- Look inside (English sample)
- English summary and Review - LITRIX
- Impressive depiction of boredom and slowness
- Imaginative illustrations with many loving details
Awards
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“The authors have succeeded in expressing slowness and boredom in perfect language without the reader becoming bored. The illustrations, enriched with fine details and beautifully inserted graphically, allow readers to immerse themselves in the story.” – Kinder- und Jugendmedien Bern-Freiburg
“The brother and sister duo have succeeded in every respect with this debut. The cute story about the tiger, who tries all sorts of things to escape his boredom and ultimately finds exactly what he is passionate about and is supported by his good friend, is both imaginative and heart-warming.
Tiger Learns to Fly invites you to dream and shows that wishes can come true if you believe in them. Highly recommended!” – Education Group
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