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Judith Kerr, beloved author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, dies aged 95
Source: The Guardian
Judith Kerr, beloved author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, dies aged 95
Writer and illustrator of more than 30 books, including the Mog series based on her pet cats, arrived in England in 1936 as a refugee from the Nazis
Claire Armitstead
Thu 23 May 2019 10.29 BST Last modified on Thu 23 May 2019 12.54 BST
Judith Kerr, the author and illustrator whose debut picture book The Tiger Who Came to Tea introduced generations of pre-school children to the joyful chaos of uncontrolled appetites, died at home yesterday at the age of 95 after a short illness, her publisher said on Thursday.
Kerr, who dreamed up the tiger to amuse her two children, only started publishing in her 40s, and lived to see the Tiger reach its millionth sale as she turned 94. To her mild chagrin, it remained her best loved single book: “I’ve got better at drawing, obviously,” she told one interviewer.
Over a 50-year career she published more than 30 further books, immortalising a succession of family cats through the naughty but lovable Mog, and bringing to life her family’s flight across Europe as the Nazis came to power in the novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.
As her death was announced, tributes poured in. Comedian and children’s author David Walliams remembered her as a “legendary author and illustrator, whose stories and illustrations gave pleasure to millions around the world”, while Labour MP Jess Philips recalled her husband and sons removing all the food in their kitchen “so that when I got home from work the kids could say a tiger had been for tea”,
Children’s laureate Lauren Child, author and illustrator of the Charlie and Lola books, described her as “generous” and “such a lovely person to be around.”
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Writer and illustrator of more than 30 books, including the Mog series based on her pet cats, arrived in England in 1936 as a refugee from the Nazis
Claire Armitstead
Thu 23 May 2019 10.29 BST Last modified on Thu 23 May 2019 12.54 BST
Judith Kerr, the author and illustrator whose debut picture book The Tiger Who Came to Tea introduced generations of pre-school children to the joyful chaos of uncontrolled appetites, died at home yesterday at the age of 95 after a short illness, her publisher said on Thursday.
Kerr, who dreamed up the tiger to amuse her two children, only started publishing in her 40s, and lived to see the Tiger reach its millionth sale as she turned 94. To her mild chagrin, it remained her best loved single book: “I’ve got better at drawing, obviously,” she told one interviewer.
Over a 50-year career she published more than 30 further books, immortalising a succession of family cats through the naughty but lovable Mog, and bringing to life her family’s flight across Europe as the Nazis came to power in the novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.
As her death was announced, tributes poured in. Comedian and children’s author David Walliams remembered her as a “legendary author and illustrator, whose stories and illustrations gave pleasure to millions around the world”, while Labour MP Jess Philips recalled her husband and sons removing all the food in their kitchen “so that when I got home from work the kids could say a tiger had been for tea”,
Children’s laureate Lauren Child, author and illustrator of the Charlie and Lola books, described her as “generous” and “such a lovely person to be around.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/23/judith-kerr-beloved-author-of-the-tiger-who-came-to-tea-dies-aged-95
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R.I.P.
Thank you for sharing this. 