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Romael Gibson Stub 1 : Belling The Tiger

Belling The Tiger is a book written for children ages 6 to 11. Originally published in 1961, it was republished on August 10th, 2004. A year after its original publication in 1962, it became a Newbery Medal Honor book.

References http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/belling-the-tiger-mary-stolz/1103528838 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/611853.Belling_The_Tiger http://www.worldcat.org/title/belling-the-tiger/oclc/220670

Romael Gibson Stub 2: Journey Outside

Journey Outside is a children’s novel written by Mary Q. Steele and first published April 28th, 1969. The book received The Newbery Honor Award in 1970.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1661506.Journey_Outside http://www.librarything.com/work/296315 https://books.google.com/books/about/Journey_outside.html?id=pUcbAAAAMAAJ

Romael Gibson Stub 3: The Noonday Friends

The Noonday Friends was written in 1965 by Mary Stolz. It is a children’s book which received the Newbery Honor Award in 1966.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/611850.The_Noonday_Friends http://www.amazon.com/Noonday-Friends-Harper-Trophy-Books/dp/0064400093 http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/noonday-friends#cart/cleanup

Romael Gibson Stub 4: The fearsome Inn

The Fearsome Inn is a children’s book written by Isaac Bashevis Singer. It was published in 1967 and received the Newbery Honor Award in 1968.

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=11405&a=1 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1269863.The_Fearsome_Inn http://www.worldcat.org/title/fearsome-inn/oclc/248232

Plot
Belling the tiger takes place in a seaside town in a house by the docs. The mice that inhabit the house have convened in a closet to find a solution to a problem every household mouse faces, the cat. Meetings like this one have been held from the beginning of time throughout the history of mice and cats alike. The meetings are led by a notoriously fierce and wise kitchen mouse name Portman whose rule is enforced by customs. It is Portman who presents the idea of belling the cat, and to decide who will be assigned to bell the cat he creates a process where the mice are to look at one of their peers and whoever the most of them look at is the chosen hero. Unfortunately for Bob and Ozzie, two brothers who reside in the cellar and are the smallest of all the mice, none of the larger mouse wanted to look at each other so they turned to the back and all steered at Bob and Ozzie who in turn look at each other. It was decided.

Bob and Ozzie leave the house in search of a collar with a bell. They find a hardware store with a stand of collars. Clumsily they get their paws on a blue collar with a bell and run out of the store just as the owner arrives. Upon leaving the store they run into a cat who chases them onto a boat which sets sail. At this time Bob and Ozzie who are terrified of Portman can only imagine how he would react. He would be infuriated so with no other options they decide not to think about it.

While on their voyage Bob and Ozzie’s fear for Portman subsided. The further they were away from Portman and July the house cat the less afraid they were of them. So when the ship docked they left to explore the new land and found themselves in a jungle. They came across sleeping tiger which at first they did not recognize and surmised it must be a very large cat. Not knowing what to Bob came up with the idea of belling the tiger, and so they did wrapping the collar around its tail. As they placed the collar around the tiger’s tail it awoke startling them and they were overcome with fear. However the tiger had no interest in eating them. Not knowing what Ozzie and Bob were he jokingly said he’d much sooner eat a mouse which shook the two brother with even greater fear until the tiger explained that mice were not his choice meal and he only knew them as something which terrified elephants. The two brothers were in complete disbelief and so the tiger took them to see and elephant who upon seeing them ran terrified deeper into the jungle. The tiger had become fond of the collar and so kept it as he returned Bob and Ozzie to the boat. They couldn’t wait to tell the others of how they had belled a tiger. However the tiger claimed no one would believe them, that belling a tiger was impossible.

When Bob and Ozzie returned to the house they had to answer to Portman who was infuriated but the two brothers were not afraid like they had been in the past. They had traveled the world and belled a tiger. What did they have to fear. They stood up to Portman and demanded to be pantry mice. In disbelief portman demanded a reason however Bob and Ozzie simply stood their ground in silence as cheers erupted from the other mice. In resignation Portman left the matter up to a vote which was a drastic change from the way things had been done in the past. Portman closed the meeting by saying in hindsight it was a bad idea to bell a cat and that it was impossible.