Storytime Sunday

"Bengal and Sengal"

by Ellie

Today's Storytime Sunday is "Bengal and Sengal" by Ellie.  It is published by Dorrance Publishing Co.,Inc. and can be purchased by going here.

"Bengal and Sengal" is a book about a mother tiger named Tigress who gives birth to two playful male cubs that she names Bengal and Sengal.  Bengal is the more playful one of the two where as Sengal is the more responsible one.  Bengal has a habit of getting into quite a bit of mischief.  This reminds me a lot of normal kittens in how they all have very unique personalities.  We could easily relate to this part having cats and kittens of our own. 

The author does a great job describing how the cubs acted when they were playing and I really like the fact that she used rhyming names. 

As it always goes the cubs grow up and end up going their separate ways to start families of their own.  Sengal meets a female and they have two cubs named Jenny and Benny.  Again, we really love those names. 

Bengal who up to this point had been the "slacker" of the family had to learn some responsibility, and he did.  He found a female and they also had two cubs named Jingle and Jangle.  Tigress had always wished that Bengal would have a cub that was just like he was as a youngster.  And Jingle was just that, always getting into trouble just like his father. 

We really liked the end of the story when it said that the two families had such a good time together that they decided to live together.  It really made for a nice, happy ending. 

We all liked this story and the illustrations were very pretty (simple and got the point across).  I believe this story would be a great beginning to a series of books about this tiger family.  I was also excited to see that this author is from PA just like us. 

This is a great book for any cat lover, domestic or wild. 

Disclaimer:  I received this book from Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. in exchange for my review but all opinions are my own (and my kiddos).