Her best-known book, When Toys Come Alive, studies narratives featuring living toys such as Calvin and Hobbes and Winnie the Pooh, arguing that the toys function as transitional objects that mediate between childhood and adult desires.
Tashjian wanted to write a book for reluctant readers with the humor and visual support of a Calvin and Hobbes book.
It supports grabbing today's strip from several sites, such as Dilbert, Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts and Il manifesto.
The name "Tiger Trap" comes from the very first Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.
Calvin Coolidge | Calvin Klein | John Calvin | Thomas Hobbes | Calvin Trillin | Calvin College | Calvin | Calvin Klein (fashion designer) | Calvin and Hobbes | Calvin Johnson | William H. Calvin | Melvin Calvin | Calvin Richardson | Calvin Peete | Calvin Johnson (musician) | Calvin Hill | John Calvin Coolidge, Sr. | Collège Calvin | Captain Calvin and Pamela Hale House | Calvin Klein Collection | Calvin Johnson (American football) | Calvin Harrison | Calvin Company | Calvin Bridges | Calvin Ayre | Thomas Hobbes Scott | Miranda Hobbes | Let's Go (Calvin Harris song) | La Chaire a Calvin | John Oliver Hobbes |
There are no specific main characters, like in Calvin and Hobbes or Garfield, but there are recurring characters and personalities which appear, e.g. the two goldfish.