# Heart of a Tiger

**Author:** Marsha Diane Arnold
**Grade range:** Grades K–3
**Age range:** 5–8
**First published:** 1995
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780803716957`
**ISBN-10:** `0803716958`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/heart-of-a-tiger
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

As the Name Day celebration approaches, a young kitten tries to deserve a noble name, by following the path of the beautiful Bengal tiger.

## Themes

- tigers
- cats
- personal names
- bengal tiger

## Where this book is assigned

### Young Hoosier Book Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1998 winner (Picture Book)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1998 winner (Picture Book)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1998 winner (Picture Book)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1998 winner (Picture Book)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)

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