The Tiger Who Came to Tea 6-inch Soft Toy , Orange

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Our ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ activities have been designed in line with the National Curriculum, meaning you can be sure they’re suitable and stimulating for your little learners. They’re the perfect way to immerse children in the wonderful writing of Judith Kerr, both in school and at home. The original artwork for the book is held by Seven Stories, a children's literature centre in the UK.

The parents' matter-of-fact reaction to the absurdities of a talking tiger coming to tea and devouring everything is priceless. Their deadpan solutions: go out to a cafe for dinner and buy a giant tin of tiger food is just the perfect solution to a silly book. Some critics, notably the children’s author Michael Rosen, have suggested that the tiger in this story represents something in her past:

In addition to being one of the best books for preschoolers as simple to be repeatedly told, the amazingly illustrated "Tiger" was the main reason why my little nephew loved that book. Created in partnership with the book’s publisher, Harper Collins, this ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ Sequencing activity is ideal to use with your little learners in EYFS and KS1. It’s a fantastic opportunity for children to develop their communication and language skills! Alongside our 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' pictures for sequencing, we have an array of engaging resources that children are sure to enjoy. Some in particular that we think you’ll find useful include: This one is particularly nostalgic for me, as it is the story I used to calm down a two year old who had fallen off the top bunk, thus needing an x-ray to see if any bones were broken. A normal examination was impossible as she started to scream every time the doctor came near her, so there we were, me and a doctor, both in lead aprons, trying to hold down a wriggling screeching refusenik so that her nice photo would come out unblurred. In the end I suggested that the doctor should leave, and I would tell her a story to soothe her and they could do the x-ray when they saw fit. This was the story.

Compared to social norms today, the depiction of gender roles in this story is out of date, with the mother as house wife preparing supper for daddy, and the father as the sole bread winner. However it must be considered that this story was written over forty years ago so I don’t think this is a real criticism. Find our entire collection of resources themed around ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ here! Who wrote ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’?We’ve teamed up with the book’s publisher, Harper Collins, to create this range of exciting and engaging resources. They’re a wonderful way to develop your learners’ understanding of the story, while also inspiring a lifelong love of learning at a young age. The Crocodile Under the Bed: Judith Kerr's 50-year follow-up to The Tiger Who Came to Tea". The Independent. 23 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20 . Retrieved 23 May 2019.

Kitchener, Shaun (2019-05-23). "Judith Kerr dead: The Tiger Who Came To Tea author dies, age 95". Daily Express. United Kingdom . Retrieved 2022-11-03. Why not get started with our Tiger Who Came to Tea Sequencing Activity ? This gives children the opportunity to retell the main events of the story using our colourful cards – what a great way to develop their comprehension and memory! Save time using our ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ activities:

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The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr was published in 1968 and was recently turned into a stage play in London. Children's books as theater seems to be having a renaissance of sorts. My inner child is feeling miffed at missing the show. In a witty and amusing narration, the author breaks the fear that a kid could feel toward a fierce animal like a tiger. It was portrayed as an enormous, giant creature that funnily takes up most of the space in the kitchen and dining room of the little girl's house. Yet it was (the tiger) funny, friendly and-somehow-polite till it left their home. The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr is for me, a forgotten childhood favorite. The glee of sitting down with my grandfather as he read it to me had slipped my memory until I had to catalog a copy. Though the tiger caused a disaster, we see the father takes it easy. I think I should learn a lesson or two from that story as a grown-up that frets over everything trivial thing.