the tiger who came to tea

I hate you all for over-analysing this book. It's all wide eyed and innocent/naughty and dated and sweet and I think you should all leave it alone.

It's a big tin of tiger food because they think he might come back, and well it would be rude to have nothing for your guests.. duh?

Goodbye.... goodbyee......

Actually, I read When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit myself, and the sequel, can't remember what it was called, had some stuff in it that was a little bit sexy and I remember being embarrassed to think that she would know I had read it

I LOVE Judith Kerr, never realised when I was a child, that TTWCTT, Mog and When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit were by the same person, but adored all of them. My mum read them all to me, and I bought her Goodbye Mog when it was published a couple of years ago. I read an interview with Judith Kerr in which said she wrote it because she knew her years were numbered and wanted to leave something which would make sense of her death to her grandchildren. Anyway, it is one of the most moving books ever. Both the first and last pages are heart breaking.

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more please.
ks what s with the gnashers?

cod, just emailed fil to find out more...

Nothing to do with the Tiger but there was a snippet of Judith Kerr on Woman's Hour this morning talking about some of her cats, one which was the original for Mog; another which nursed the little toy bunny before she had kittens; and a third which was dead soft, hated heights above about 3", could not hunt for toffee but loved cooked green beans and when she was given one would turn her back on it for a bit and then swing round and pounce. Very sweet!

It's at the beginning of listen to this item .

exactly what's with the very big tin of tiger food in case the tiger should come again

or is it more personal thatt he tiger is the Gestapo adn they let htem intot heir home and hten they fleed to london
so whats with the tiger food?

Hmm
thinks of how it could be an allegory..
maybe the way that hitler was elected legally and they let the tiger in.... but I dont gett he end bit
i deos the food equate to teh invasion of former german territories

thanks mate!

And back to The Tiger, do you think the fact that Sophie goes out in her nightie, but with duffle coat and boots is a reference to having to flee without having time to get dressed properly?

oh and suze - there's apparently a real killer of a review in the times...off for lunch now.

suzy, sort of - marian (maria friedman) was a sort of stompy, plain older sister, determined to bop men on the nose while they were trying to get their evil way (with her or her family's money). i believe it's quite bastardised - ie probably not the Woman in White you know & love - but i thoroughlly enjoyed it. no particularly memorable toons but v recognisably lloyd webber. and an amazing michael crawford in a fat suit as bosco. there were some very irritating northern accents in it too - even more irritating when sung rather than spoken.

this is from when she was on desert island discs:

Judith Kerr escaped with her family on the day the Nazis were elected ? the following day, police turned up at the doorstep in a belated attempt confiscate their passports. The Kerr family moved across Europe ? trying to support themselves and escape from the nearing threat ? until they eventually settled in England in 1936. The family stayed in London throughout the war ? surviving the Blitz and in fear of invasion. Judith Kerr wrote an autobiographical trilogy about her experiences and the books ? in particular When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit have been used ever since as a way of explaining to children the horrors of the Nazi threat ? today they are set texts in many Germany schools.

She was always a keen painter but had never thought it could be a career ? it was only when she had two children who enjoyed the tales she told that she decided to try her hand at picture books. Her first book The Tiger Who Came to Tea was instantly successful when it was published in 1968 and has never been out of print. But it is probably her series of books about Mog the cat that have won her most affection with children ? over the past thirty years they have sold more than three million copies.

(I'll ask fil more about the tiger thing - he gave us a lovely version along with a tiny china teaset and I remember him mentioning it was about germany)

blatant hijack although I did post on this thread back in July
Bundle how was the show last night? I read a review in the online guardian, they said it had been turned in to a feminist vehicle for Marian?

really?
I read an article about her life recently int he TImes
awful
mother was rather unhinged

marina, she did write that too, but my fil (children's book critic) tells me that tiger is also an allegory about her family's experiences in the war.

yes she did but not he tiger is fro younger kids
cant believ tyou havent go it!

You mean as in "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" bundle? Didn't she write this too, or am I imagining that?

isn't it about nazi germany?

I think its all about class war now
they are the bourgeousie dn the tiger is the proletariat who has a revolution from within and takes over the means of production ( ie the tap
daddy beer etc.)

I'd nearly forgotten about this great book! You've reminded me - thanks! I'll dash off and find a copy for DS1 - he'll love it

I just read it to ds2 (for the first time) and he loved it! I'd forgotten that Daddy is a bit of a Hep Cat too with his drainpipe trousers and red socks.

Mummy is definitely a MNer - that page where she stands there and there are empty packets and tins all over the floor...and she has an "OMG...what shall I do?" expression on her face? You just KNOW she's going straight off to log onto MN and ask for advice!

Issymum - you are so right about his square tongue, I had never noticed!

Marthamoo - LOL at your reason for the story - have just read it out to DH! Brilliant!

Love this story, took ds to a Little Chef on Tuesday and he had (veggie) sausages and chips and ice cream because Sophie does - closest we could get to a cafe!