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Judith Kerr.

Writer & illustrator · United Kingdom · b. 1923

Judith Kerr: canonical British picture-book maker (1923–2019) behind The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Mog the Forgetful Cat and When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit — gentle, painterly bedtime classics for ages 2–6.

Judith Kerr (1923–2019) was a German-British author-illustrator who emigrated to the UK from Nazi Germany as a child, an experience she fictionalised in her semi-autobiographical novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. To picture-book readers she is best known for The Tiger Who Came to Tea (1968), one of the most-bedtime-read picture books in UK history, and the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (Mog, Mog and Bunny, Goodbye Mog). Kerr's style is gentle, painterly, slightly retro, with deeply observed family life. A canonical-classic British picture-book maker for ages 2–6.

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The Tiger Who Came to Tea
by Judith Kerr · age 2–6
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