Aurora, 60142, The Tiger Who Came To Tea, 10.5In, Soft Toy, Orange and White

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The Tiger Who Came to Tea is one of the best selling children's books of all time. [3] Plot [ edit ]

Judith Kerr reveals the story behind The Tiger Who Came to Tea - BBC Newsnight. United Kingdom: British Broadcasting Corporation. Dec 9, 2015.The Crocodile Under the Bed: Judith Kerr's 50-year follow-up to The Tiger Who Came to Tea". The Independent. 23 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20 . Retrieved 23 May 2019. This is one of my absolutely favourite books, truly wonderful. What a great post, and some amazing ideas and activities to go along with it. Wish my kids were the right age now… *sniff* The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr is thrilling for young children and also has enough warmth to ensure that the reader feels safe and able to enjoy the antics of the greedy tiger. Judith Kerr’s delightful tiger from The Tiger Who Came to Tea has been brought to life with this super-soft toy. Whether for the old or young, this 15 cm plush makes the perfect gift. Responsibly sourced using 100% recycled materials for the outer and filling, it has been created to support WWF’s ambitious initiative to double the number of tigers in the wild. Find our entire collection of resources themed around ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ here! Who wrote ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’?

The original artwork for the book is held by Seven Stories, a children's literature centre in the UK. Why not get started with our Tiger Who Came to Tea Sequencing Activity ? This gives children the opportunity to retell the main events of the story using our colourful cards – what a great way to develop their comprehension and memory! Save time using our ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ activities: Judith was born in Berlin, Germany, on 14th June 1923. She grew up in Germany with her parents and her older brother. When Judith was growing up she loved to draw, and originally wanted to be a painter. Later, she got a job writing scripts for the BBC and focused on writing instead. A television adaptation of the book aired in the UK on Channel 4 on Christmas Eve 2019 and featured the voices of David Walliams as the narrator, David Oyelowo as the tiger, Clara Ross as Sophie, Maria Darling as the boy from the grocer's, Tamsin Greig as Sophie's mother, Benedict Cumberbatch as Sophie's father and Paul Whitehouse as the milkman. [10] [11] It was also released on DVD by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on 2 February 2020. Sophie and her mummy sit down in the kitchen to have their tea when the doorbell rings. Who could it be?

Kerr invented the story after visiting a zoo with her three-year-old daughter. She said her husband Nigel Kneale was away making a film and "it felt a bit lonely and we wished somebody would come. We'd been to the zoo so it seemed reasonable for a tiger to come. We both thought they were incredibly beautiful." [4] [5] She told the story many times before making it into a book. [6] The book took a year to write and illustrate. My children love this story. There was a great retrospective of Judith Kerr at the Museum of Childhood a couple of years ago which was brilliant. My children were too young to enjoy it but I loved it! Invite children to talk about and retell this classic children’s story using our 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' Sequencing Cards. This delightful story is written by Judith Kerr. It describes an eventful day for Sophie and her family when a tiger comes to their house for tea! This is one of my favourite books from my childhood. I think my copy is still in my Mum’s attic somewhere. Must get it out so Cameron and I can read it.

I love The Tiger Who Came to Tea and it’s so beautifully illustrated as well, and Iove all your questions at the end; I just asked Little A, and she says no, she couldn’t invite a tiger in :o). We have been listening to the cd that comes with the book in the car for weeks now. Testament to how muhc I enjoy the book - I haven’t gone stir crazy with it yet! The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ is a children’s book written by author Judith Kerr and published by Harper Collins. It tells the story of a girl named Sophie and her mum who are about to sit down to tea when the doorbell rings. Who could the surprise visitor be? Sophie and her mum were definitely not expecting it to bea big, stripey tiger! Here at Twinkl, we know how time-consuming it can be to create engaging literacy resources. That’s why we’ve teamed up with the amazing Harper Collins to bring you a range of ready-made resources to support reading ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’. When Sophie’s daddy gets home they tell him about their extraordinary visitor. Dad decides that they should go to a café for supper. They all put on their coats and venture out into the dark streets and have sausages, chips and ice cream.The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ is a well-loved children’s story written by author and illustrator Judith Kerr. It was Kerr’s first book written in 1968, making it over 50 years old! Sophie’s mummy offers the tiger a drink but he doesn’t just have a polite sip of tea. No! The tiger drinks all the tea in the teapot and all the milk in the milk jug.