ONCE UPON A TIGER contains a wide variety of poems by award-winning poet Janet Wong: funny poems, rhyming poems, free verse poetry, pourquoi tale poems, inspirational poems, and love poems for wildlife. Watercolor illustrations by Sladjana Vasic burst with personality and will inspire kids to learn about conservation of animals and their rainforest and ocean habitats. Nonfiction end-notes and embedded facts within the poems provide an educational bonus.