The Tiger Who Came to Tea
by Judith Kerr · first published 1968
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A tiger comes to tea at Sophie's house and eats and drinks everything in sight, so that there is nothing left for Daddy's supper.
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea - targeted at the younger reader, but I mention it as there's a great lesson to be learned there though, for young and old alike... Of course Wind in The Willows is still one of my favourite books that…
on “Ask HN: What are some great books for children?” ↗…away from the difficulties of bringing up a child isn't something you should be doing. Besides, the best children's books are also fun for adults! (I raise you Roald Dahl's 'Boy' and Judith Kerr's 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea')
on “When Nothing Ever Goes Out of Print: Maintaining Backlist Ebooks (2016)” ↗…and his favorites right now is the dory fantasmagory series. Some others he loves are big blue truck, snail and the whale (great book and all their books are amazing), gruffalo, mixed up chameleon, the tiger who came to tea, good day good night, Lion Inside (all their books are good), here we are (ditto for his books), the darkest dark (by astronaut), and Giraffes can't dance. Perfect. We only have a few of those, and the…
on “Show HN: Shepherd.com – Discover books in a new way, like wandering a bookstore” ↗…and his favorites right now is the dory fantasmagory series. Some others he loves are big blue truck, snail and the whale (great book and all their books are amazing), gruffalo, mixed up chameleon, the tiger who came to tea, good day good night, Lion Inside (all their books are good), here we are (ditto for his books), the darkest dark (by astronaut), and Giraffes can't dance.
on “Show HN: Shepherd.com – Discover books in a new way, like wandering a bookstore” ↗Judith Kerr, author of The Tiger Who Came To Tea, endlessly has to defend critics who assert that the tiger is an allegory for the Gestapo. "It's just a tiger", she says. BTW, her life story is pretty amazing - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25027090
on “The Most Misread Poem in America” ↗…life in a wrapper that does not traumatise - like an inoculation against what comes. Everything the Grimms brothers collected and Disney sanitised still hides warnings. I have read all my children “The Tiger who came to Tea” as well as taken them to theatre performances- and the author ran from Germany hours before the Gestapo came knocking and it affected much of her life and writing (“Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit” is the autobiography…
on “The dark side of the Moomins” ↗