Judith Kerr Books In Order
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Other Way Round / Bombs on Aunt Dainty | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Small Person Far Away | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Mog the Forgetful Cat Books
Mog the Forgetful Cat | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog's Christmas | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog in the Dark | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog and Me | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog's Family of Cats | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog’s Amazing Birthday Caper | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog and Bunny | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog and the Baby | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog in the Garden | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog and Barnaby | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Look Out Mog! | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog on Fox Night | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog’s Kittens | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog and the Granny | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog and the Vee-Ee-Tee / Mog and the V.E.T | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog’s Bad Thing | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Goodbye Mog | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog and Bunny and Other Stories | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog's Christmas Calamity | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog and the Baby and Other Stories | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog and Me and Other Stories | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My First Mog Books | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My First MOG ABC | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My First MOG 123 | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog’s Suitcase | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mog Treasury | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mog’s Birthday | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Picture Books
The Tiger Who Came to Tea | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When Willy Went to the Wedding | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How Mrs Monkey Missed The Ark | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Birdie Halleluyah! | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Other Goose | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Goose In A Hole | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twinkles, Arthur and Puss | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One Night in The Zoo | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My Henry | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Great Granny Gang | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Crocodile Under the Bed | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Judith Kerr Treasury | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mister Cleghorn’s Seal | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Katinka’s Tail | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Teeger that Cam for his Tea | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mummy Time | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Curse of the School Rabbit | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Collins Big Cat Books
Horses’ Holiday | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Titanic | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bones | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Morris Plays Hide and Seek | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oliver | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Holes | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Great Expectations | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tempest | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shang Dynesty | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time-Traveller’s Guide to the Bronze Age | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Battle of Passchendaele | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Antony and Cleopatra | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fall of Julius Caesar | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rat Naps | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Farmer’s Lunch | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lonely Penguin | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Woman who Fooled the Fairies | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Olympic Heroes | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Letter to New Zealand | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
If | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Magic Pen | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How The Elephant Got His Trunk | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lion and the Mouse | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Amazing Adventures of Batbird | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Brave Baby | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chewy Hughie | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Porridge Pincher | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What’s Underground | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Journey of Humpback Whales | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fire! Fire! | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What Is CGI? | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tod and the Trumpet | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Around the World | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crunch and Munch | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Building High | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wild Weather | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When Arthur Wouldn’t Sleep | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Stone Cutter | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mary Anning | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
War School for Dogs | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Were They Real? | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to Draw Cartoons | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swimming with Dolphins | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jodie the Juggler | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Very Wet Dog | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pet Detectives | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Day Out | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sneezles | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Living Dinosaurs | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to be a Pirate | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Monster Mess | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bart the Shark | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tig in the Dumps | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The International Space Station | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mountain Mona | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rally Challenge | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pet Detectives: Tortoise Trouble | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chicken Licken | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pot of Gold | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One Night in the Zoo | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fabulous Creatures – Are they Real? | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unusual Traditions | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Famous Explorers: Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Catching Flies | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Melrose and Croc Beside the Sea | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Where on Earth? | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hercules: Superhero | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I'm Growing a Truck in the Garden | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Puss in Boots | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to Be a Viking | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spider McDrew and the Egyptians | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Great Architects | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to be an Ancient Egyptian | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tara Binns: High-Flying Pilot | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Story of Nian | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fisherman and his Wife | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Monster in the Mirror | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bungleman | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Caribbean Carnival | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spider’s Big Match | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Plants, Pollen and Pollinators | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
You Are Here: Maps and Why We Use Them | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Olympic Games | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tara Binns: Big Idea Engineer | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Early Kings of England | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to be a Roman | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flash Harriet and the Mystery of the Fiendish Footprints | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Games Player of Zob | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Boudica | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to Build a House | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Great Greek Myths | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
As You Like It | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Arabian Desert | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to be an Ancient Greek | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shang Dynasty | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World’s First Women Doctors | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret Garden | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nightmare | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fearless Flynn and Other Tales | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to be a Victorian in 16 Easy Stages | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Story of the Suffragettes | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Story of the Electric Guitar | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
King Lear | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spotlight on Russia | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dani Binns: Fix-it Farmer | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wolf in Your Kitchen | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Communicating in Colour | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dani Binns: Talented Train Driver | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dani Binns: Fair-play Footballer | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dani Binns: Promising Police Officer | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sea Turtles | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Robots | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Time-Traveller's Guide to the Future | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mysterious World of Microorganisms | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kings of the Wild | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How To Be A Knight | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cats | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to be a Tudor | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Breath | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Big Cat Babies | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mega Plants | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Recycling Plastic | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Our World | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Visit to the Farm | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Top Dinosaurs | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Minibeasts | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Animal Ancestors | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blast Off to the Moon | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spines, Stings and Teeth | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wheels | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Let’s Go to Mars | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Plants that Eat Animals | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Growing and Changing | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tour de France | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In the Jungle | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Antarctica: Land of the Penguins | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Your Brain | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What Happened to the Dinosaurs? | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Baby Turtle | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Animals in Hiding | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Football Spy | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cars | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Life and Times of William Shakespeare | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swimming with Dolphins | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
World of Football | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fish that Fool | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret Life of Mushrooms | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Undersea Volcanoes | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kitten Trouble | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Born on 14 June 1923, in Berlin, Germany, Judith Kerr is a British Author, popularly known for the critically acclaimed book, the Tiger who Came to Tea and the children’s book series, the Mog series. In the year 1933, Judith Kerr and her parents escaped Nazi Germany and relocated to the United Kingdom.
The main reason why Kerr’s family ran away from Nazi Germany was because her father was a person of interest to the ruling regime. Kerr’s father was a distinguished author and a drama critic, who many at times had his books burnt by the Nazis. Before arriving in England, the family had to pass through Switzerland and France. While growing up, Judith Kerr attended more than ten schools, mainly because their family was always on the move.
Upon completing her high school education, Kerr served with the Red Cross for several years. Later on, she secured a scholarship to attend the Central School of, Arts and Crafts. After completing her education, Judith Kerr served as a television scriptwriter for BBC. During this period, she also served as an artist, illustrator, and an author. Three of her autobiographical books emphasize on her early wandering childhood years, her return to Berlin and her adolescence years in London. All the three autobiographies performed extremely well. In Germany, many schools still use her autobiographies as an introduction to Germany history.
Judith Kerr Best Books
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
As a mother and daughter are waiting for father to return from work, they receive an unexpected visitor: a tiger. A tiger had decided to camp at their door. After thinking for a while, the mother decides to invite the tiger in to have some tea and buns. However, the tiger was extremely hungry, and thus it ends up consuming all the food and water in the house from all the taps. After the meal, the tiger eventually leaves. When father arrives, he decides to take mother and daughter to a cafe, since the tiger consumed everything in the house. On the following day, mother and daughter head to the supermarket to purchase more food and also a can of food for the tiger, in case he decides to visit them again. With that said, the humor in the narrative comes from the book’s typical picture-book irony.
Young readers will expect the young girl to become terrified when she realizes that a ferocious tiger, was standing at their door. However, the girl and her mother are delighted and even decide to treat the tiger as a visitor. The humor in the book continues, when the tiger goes against the social norms by eating more than what the hosts offer him. Moreover, the tiger also drinks all the “water in the tap,” which is somewhat impossible. Author Kerr decides to take the irony of non-surprise a little bit further when he comes home and realizes that there is no food in the house. Instead of getting angry, he decides to turn the scenario into a special occasion by treating the daughter and mother, with a trip to the local cafe.
The Tiger who Came to Tea is a classic example of a carnivalesque text. Carnivalesque texts are types of book forms, where the child characters go against the normal subject positions, fabricated for children within the social theoretical frames.
Mog, the Forgetful Cat
In Mog the Forgetful Cat author Judith Kerr introduces the readers to Mog, a cat owned by the Thomas family. All members of the Thomas family see Mog as a nuisance mainly because he tends to get on everyone’s wrong side. Nonetheless, despite the fact that Mog constantly gets on everyone’s wrong side, he has a favorite in the family, Debbie. Things begin to change one day when Debbie experiences a nightmare, whereby a tiger was trying to eat her. Upon waking up, she finds out that Mog had managed to sneak into her room and camped by her bedside. From that day, Debbie begins to despise Mog mainly because she believes she was the reason why she was experiencing the nightmare. Throughout the novel, author Judith Kerr shows Mog’s forgetfulness and the reaction that the family has each time Mog forgets something. Everyone in the Thomas family despises Mog the cat now including Debbie. One day, when a burglar breaks into the house, Mog manages to yowl out loud. Immediately, everyone in the house wakes up and rush downstairs to find out what was happening.
By yowling, Mog the cat manages to stop the burglar from stealing. From that day, Mog became a hero, and all the members of the Thomas family begin to treat Mog as one of their own. From time to time, the family members give Mog her favorite meals and drinks. With that said, Mog the Forgetful cat is a witty narrative, which will leave the young readers intrigued. Apart from being fairly short, the narrative is also fun. Author Kerr manages to show the readers that what many may regard as a bad attribute, may soon become quite handy. Mog, the Forgetful Cat, is ideal for children in Key Stage 2, where the children may have to guess the family reaction when Mog manages to forget something.
Mog’s Christmas
The book begins a night before Christmas. The Thomas family is having a peaceful night, except Mog. Mog’s tail accidentally gets tangled in tinsel, which catches fire. While trying to get away from the tinsel, Mog spreads the fire across the house. The entire family wakes up and immediately calls the fire brigade. Upon their arrival, Mog leads them into the house. The narrative comes to an end when all the neighbors decide to bring Christmas into Thomas’s family house. Author Judith Kerr concludes the narrative with a touching ending, where she shows the readers the importance of coming together in the event of a calamity. With that said, Mog was well developed and quite realistic as well. As usual, Mog is a classic character, who is constantly up to mischief. Just like in the previous installments Mog is quite forgetful.
With the assistance of the illustrations, Mog is brought to life. The art style used in Mog’s Christmas is hand drawn with crayons and pencils. Apart from being comforting, the art style is child-friendly. Mog’s Christmas is ideal for children between ages three and six.
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