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Biographical note
Judith Kerr OBE was born in Berlin. Her family left Germany in 1933 to escape the rising Nazi party, and came to England. She studied at the Central School of Art and later worked as a scriptwriter for the BBC.
Judith married the celebrated screenwriter Nigel Kneale in 1954. She left the BBC to look after their two children, who inspired her first picture book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Published in 1968 and never out of print in the fifty years since, it has become a much-loved classic and perennial bestseller.
Judith was awarded the Booktrust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016, and in 2019 was named Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards. Judith died in May 2019 at the age of 95, and her stories continue to entertain and delight generations of children.
<p>“A compassionate introduction to the whole subject of World War II” – Books for your Children</p>
<p>“An extremely exciting adventure story.” – Daily Express</p>
<p>“A charming and touching book, often very funny” – Daily Mail</p>
<p>“Exact, intelligent and unsentimental.” – Sunday Telegraph</p>
Partly autobiographical, this is first of the internationally acclaimed trilogy by Judith Kerr telling the unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing from Germany at the start of the Second World War
A classic and unforgettable children’s book from the author of The Tiger Who Came To Tea
A classic and unforgettable children’s book from the author of The Tiger Who Came To Tea
• Specially designed for visually impaired readers. Set in RNIB-recommended 16pt TiresiasLP high-contrast typeface.
• Printed on demand (Note, no returns accepted)
Competition: Goodnight Mister Tom;Bombs on Aunt Dainty;Carrie’s War;A Small Person Far Away;Letters from the Lighthouse;Number the Stars;The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. by;Judith Kerr;Anne Frank;Morris Gleitzman;John Boyne;Robert Westall;Lois Lowry;Elizabeth Laird;Michelle Magorian
Product details
Biographical note
Judith Kerr OBE was born in Berlin. Her family left Germany in 1933 to escape the rising Nazi party, and came to England. She studied at the Central School of Art and later worked as a scriptwriter for the BBC.
Judith married the celebrated screenwriter Nigel Kneale in 1954. She left the BBC to look after their two children, who inspired her first picture book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Published in 1968 and never out of print in the fifty years since, it has become a much-loved classic and perennial bestseller.
Judith was awarded the Booktrust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016, and in 2019 was named Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards. Judith died in May 2019 at the age of 95, and her stories continue to entertain and delight generations of children.