A little girl named Sophie is having tea with her mother in their kitchen. Soon they are joined for tea by a tiger who drinks all the tea, eats all the food in the house and drinks everything, even draining the water from the taps. Then he 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 big tin of tiger food. But the tiger never returns.
This book was written and illustrated by Judith Kerr originally as a bedtime story for her own children and was published in 1968
An exhibition touring National Trust properties until 2020 shows artwork from this much-loved children's picture book.
Channel 4 have a festive treat in store this Christmas, with an animated adaptation of The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
This tiger was watching me from a high shelf while I ate my lunch at Batemans and I felt compelled to take his photo and then to find out about him.
Lovely shot with beautiful lighting. Thanks for the interesting background to this shot. I have not heard of the book before. Maybe because my kids grew up in Germany 😉
One of my most favourite books - I worked with pre-school children for over 30 years and it was always one I read every year! And of course I have it in my library to share with the grandchildren :) fav
And what a wonderful author she was.