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= The Tiger Who Came to Tea =

The Tiger Who Came to Tea is a popular children's book which was both written and illustrated by Judith Kerr and was first published in 1968 by HarperCollins. This is a short story about a young girl named Sophie who receives an unexpected visit from an anthropomorphized tiger. This book has been notably praised for remaining popular for what will be its 50th anniversary in 2018.

Print sales of Judith Kerr's The Tiger Who Came to Tea have surpassed one million sold mark in 2017.

Plot
A little girl named Sophie is getting ready for tea with her mother, whilst they wait for Sophie's father to get home. Suddenly, a tiger arrives at their home and joins them for tea. The tiger then drinks all the tea, eats all the food in the house and drinks everything, including daddy's beer and even draining the water from the taps, meaning Sophie cannot have a bath before bed. The tiger then leaves. Sophie's father comes home and suggests that they all go out and have a lovely meal in a cafe. The following day Sophie and her mother go out to buy some more food, including a tin of tiger food in case the tiger comes back, but the tiger never returns.

Inspiration
Kerr first invented the story after visiting a zoo with her three-year-old daughter. She told the story of The Tiger Who Came to Tea to her daughter many times before she decided to publish the story.

There have been several suggestions however, that Kerr may have been influenced by her early childhood. Due to her upbringing in Berlin during the Third Reich. It has been suggested by Michael Rosen that:

"Metaphorically the tiger in Kerr's children's book could be interpreted as a vision from her past - an underlying threat, robbing the family of everything they own and disrupting the comforting routine of a young child's daily life. Judith knows about dangerous people who come to your house and take people away. She was told as a young child that her father could be grabbed at any moment by either the Gestapo or the SS - he was in great danger. So I don't know whether Judith did it consciously or not - I wouldn't want to go there - but the point is he's a jokey tiger, but he is a tiger"

In addition, it is also known that the book took a year to both write and illustrate it completely.

Adaptations
Due to the great success and popularity of the book, the beloved story has been transferred on to the stage. The story was adapted and directed into a family friendly musical by David Wood, whilst still keeping true to the delightful story by Judith Kerr. The adaptation has received mixed reviews, for example:

"Despite its silent tiger, the show tries too hard to roar while Kerr’s words really purr – the original text is surreal, mysterious and comforting all at once. Which can’t exactly be said for a drawn-out song celebrating yummy-scrummy sausages, chips and ice-creams."

"As the collective ahhh from the audience that greets the warm hug that Sophie gives the tiger indicates, the production has done its job in channelling the affection in which the story is held."

Author's Other Works
Judith Kerr has found great success and has managed to produce a great amount of novels following The Tiger Who Came to Tea, such as Mog (Judith Kerr). The Mog Series consists of: The Mog Series: Other Works:
 * Mog the Forgetful Cat (1970)
 * Mog's Christmas (1976)
 * Mog and the Baby (1980)
 * Mog in the Dark (1983)
 * Mog and Me (1984)
 * Mog's Family of Cats (1985)
 * Mog's Amazing Birthday Caper (1986)
 * Mog and Bunny (1988)
 * Mog and Barnaby (also known as Look Out, Mog, 1991)
 * Mog on Fox Night (1993)
 * Mog in the Garden (1994)
 * Mog's Kittens (1994)
 * Mog and the Granny (1995)
 * Mog and the Vee Ee Tee (1996)
 * Mog's Bad Thing (2000)
 * Goodbye, Mog (2002)
 * Mog's Christmas Calamity (2015)
 * The "Out of the Hitler Time" trilogy:
 * When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (1971)
 * The Other Way Round (1975) (later reissued as Bombs on Aunt Dainty)
 * A Small Person Far Away (1987)
 * When Willy Went to the Wedding (1973)
 * How Mrs Monkey Missed the Ark (1996)
 * Birdie Halleluyah! (1998)
 * The Other Goose (2001)
 * Goose in a Hole (2005)
 * Twinkles, Arthur and Puss (2008)
 * One Night in the Zoo (2009)
 * My Henry (2011)
 * The Great Granny Gang (2012)
 * Judith Kerr's Creatures (2013)
 * The Crocodile Under the Bed (2014)
 * Mr Cleghorn's Seal (2015)