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Sophie is a little girl just about to sit down to tea with her mother when there is a knock at the door. They wonder who on earth it could be. Is it the milkman? No, he's been. Is it the delivery boy? No, he's been too. Is it Daddy? No, it's too early. Sophie opens the ... Read review
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...there is a knock at the door. They wonder who on earth it could be. Is it the milkman? No, he's been. Is it the delivery boy? No, he's been too. Is it Daddy? No, it's too early. Sophie opens the door. My word! It's a tiger, and he's angling for an invitation to join them for tea. Of course, Sophie's mum takes it in her stride. In comes the tiger. Sophie thinks he's great. This tiger is gorgeous. Even I think so. He's got a lovely, long, curving tail ... ...greedy too. He eats all the sandwiches. He eats all the buns. He eats all the cakes. He drinks all the milk, tea and juice. Things are beginning to get rather worrying.
And that naughty tiger doesn't stop there. He eats Daddy's tea too; right from the saucepans on the stove. He eats all the food in the cupboards and downs all the milk from the bottles. He drinks all the water from the tap. When everything that can be eaten has gone, ... more
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Sophie is a little girl just about to sit down to tea with her mother when there is a knock at the door. They wonder who on earth it could be. Is it the milkman? No, he's been. Is it the delivery boy? No, he's been too. Is it Daddy? No, it's too early. Sophie opens the door. My word! It's a tiger, and he's angling for an invitation to join them for tea. Of course, Sophie's mum takes it in her stride. In comes the tiger. Sophie thinks he's great. This tiger is gorgeous. Even I think so. He's got a lovely, long, curving tail that wraps itself around the table leg, the chair or Sophie's shoulder. He's friendly. But he's greedy too. He eats all the sandwiches. He eats all the buns. He eats all the cakes. He drinks all the milk, tea and juice. Things are beginning to get rather worrying.
And that naughty tiger doesn't stop there. He eats Daddy's tea too; right from the saucepans on the stove. He eats all the food in the cupboards and downs all the milk from the bottles. He drinks all the water from the tap. When everything that can be eaten has gone, he leaves. Just like that. But he does say "thank you for the lovely tea", so I suppose he's a polite tiger at least. Sophie and her mother are worried. Sophie can't have a bath - the water's all gone. I'll tell you a secret - I love this part of the story and so do all the many children to whom told it, not least my own. We're not quite sure what to think. No water in the tap at all? Could a tiger really do that? Equally worrying for Sophie and Mummy is that there is no supper for Daddy, either. What shall they do? Just then, Daddy comes in. Sophie and her mother tell him all about it. "Never mind," he says, "we'll go out for dinner." And they do, it's late and, "all the street lamps were lit, and all the cars had their lights on, and they walked down the road to a cafe". Oh, it was magic for Sophie, being out past bedtime with her mother and father, all thanks to her visiting tiger. They have supper and Sophie gets ice cream too. In the morning Sophie and her mother go shopping to replace all the food that the greedy tiger ate and they don't forget to buy a LARGE tin of tiger food in case he should ever call again..... "but he never did".
This wonderful picture book, The Tiger Who Came To Tea, comes highly recommended by Conor, Kieran and Jill. It's a wee book; it'll only take you ten minutes or so to read. But, like all the best picture books for young children; the meanings, ideas and references are condensed. There is a lot to talk about. It's beautifully illustrated too. Children love animals. They love animals even more when a book permits them to intrude into the human world, especially when it's in a humorous way, even more especially if the animal is naughty and gets one over on the adults and even more especially still if the adults are also the parents. However, although the tiger is naughty, and although he causes Sophie's mother some problems, it all ends happily. Sophie loves the tiger because he's shown her that her parents are to be relied upon and that they will solve her problems for her. Still better his naughtiness brought her a late night, a trip out and some ice cream. What more could she ask? The purchase of a large tin of tiger food in case the tiger should return is a bit like tapping the back of wardrobes in search of Narnia I think. What a shame "he never did".
Judith Kerr wrote and illustrated The Tiger Who Came To Tea. If you buy it for your children and like it check out the Mog stories also by her. They're about Mog the cat, there are several of them and they're just as good. Mog and her antics are irresistible. Kerr has that perfect knack of writing in a way that is easy to read aloud. The words are simple, yet strong and rhythmic and the dialogue flows. She makes it marvellously easy for you and wonderfully funny for them. Yes, The Tiger Who Came To Tea is old-fashioned and woefully politically incorrect; it was written thirty years ago. Yes, it is full of anachronisms - who has a milkman these days, let alone a grocer's delivery boy? Whose mother bakes buns for tea? Cafes? Surely it should be Happy Meals under McDonald's Golden Arches (ugh). Daddy saves the day, not Mummy. But it really doesn't matter. It's a fantasy and your children will recognise it as such. And as a fantasy it's timeless. At £4.99 from Amazon, it's a snip. I've just bought a copy for my nephew, aged eighteen months. He loves it. So will any young people of your acquaintance, until they reach school-age at least.
Advantages: Children love the fantasy element of a tiger coming for tea! Disadvantages: Slightly dated dress sense of the characters.
...out my old copy of The Tiger Who Came to Tea recently to see if it still appealed to the children of today and quite amazingly it did...........I say amazingly as I am proud to announce that this book was first published in 1968 so it's even older than me!!
~ The Story ~ Apologies if I spoil the plot but here goes:
A little girl, Sophie sits down for tea with her Mummy when there's a knock at the door.
Mum wonders who it could be as the milkman ... ...Daddy has a key for the door.
So Sophie opens the door and is greeted by a big, furry, stripy tiger. Unperturbed by this and showing no panic or surprise, Mum asks the tiger to join them for tea (wish my Mum had done exciting things like that when I was a little girl!)
They offer him a sandwich and he devours the lot "Owp!"
He then proceeds to eat all of the buns, biscuits and cake until there's nothing left on the table to eat.
Not content with ...
neenn 27.01.2006
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Advantages: Fun book Disadvantages: a little bit dated but this doesn't detract from the enjoyment
The Tiger who came to tea
First published in 1968, this book has been around for almost as long as I have, and it remains popular…well, it certainly remains popular with me, because I just like the whole fantastical concept of it all.
The story starts with Sophie and mummy having tea (check out the home made cakes and patterned tights!), when there is a ring on the door bell. Sophie's mum wonders who it might be and discounts the milkman, the boy ... ...Sophie opens the door, and there, at the door was a "big, furry, stripy tiger". Completely unperturbed by the sight of the tiger, and even less so when he speaks, when he tells Sophie that he is hungry, she of course invites him in. Mum, Sophie and the tiger sit at the table and look very civilised although it does surprise me that mum allows tiger's tail to curl unhygienically onto the table. The tiger, when offered one sandwich, took all of them ...
danielalong 17.03.2007
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...there is a knock at the door. They wonder who on earth it could be. Is it the milkman? No, he's been. Is it the delivery boy? No, he's been too. Is it Daddy? No, it's too early. Sophie opens the door. My word! It's a tiger, and he's angling for an invitation to join them for tea. Of course, Sophie's mum takes it in her stride. In comes the tiger. Sophie thinks he's great. This tiger is gorgeous. Even I think so. He's got a lovely, long, curving tail ... ...greedy too. He eats all the sandwiches. He eats all the buns. He eats all the cakes. He drinks all the milk, tea and juice. Things are beginning to get rather worrying. And that naughty tiger doesn't stop there. He eats Daddy's tea too; right from the saucepans on the stove. He eats all the food in the cupboards and downs all the milk from the bottles. He drinks all the water from the tap. When everything that can be eaten has gone, he leaves. Just ...
ishagarg 12.08.2009
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Advantages: Gets young children interested Disadvantages: Don't know any
...April. Her favourite one at the moment seems to be "The tiger book".
The Tiger Who Came To Tea is written and illustrated by Judith Kerr. The front of the book shows a picture of Sophie; the little girl the tiger had tea with and the tiger himself. The story starts off with Sophie and her mummy having tea which is interrupted by the doorbell. Sophie goes to open the door and there is a big furry tiger telling her he is very hungry and asking if ... ...sandwich?" asks Sophie's mummy but the tiger doesn't take one, he takes them all. The story goes on with the tiger taking all the food and drink and then searching in the cupboards for more. Eventually the tiger has eaten and drank everything in the house.
Then mummy has nothing for daddy's supper! (Oh dear, what will she do and what will he eat !) Sophie can't even have a bath because the tiger has drank all the tap water (small reservoirs). When ...
rojm 07.07.2009 (09.07.2009)
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...child’s attention.
The plot
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Sophie is a little girl who lives with her mum and dad. One day there is a knock at the door as Sophie and her mum are about to have tea. We then go through a list of who it could possibly be. It can’t be the milkman because it is not his day to call, the delivery boy has already been. Dad has a key. Sophie opens the door to see a large, friendly tiger standing there! The tiger is invited in for tea and proceeds ... ...drinks all the milk from the milk jug and all the tea straight out of the teapot. Still not satisfied he goes into the kitchen and eats all the food there too. The tiger finally drinks all the water out of the tap. Sophie is not even able to have a bath, as there is no water in the taps. The tiger then thanks his hosts for a lovely tea and leaves. At this point daddy arrives home and saves the day by suggesting that they all go out for tea even though ...
gad1 03.04.2004 (29.05.2004)
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This story revolves around a tea party Sophie has with her mother, and a large tiger. Other work by the author includes "Mog's Amazing Birthday Caper", "When Willy Went to the Wedding" and "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit".
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