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Board book
16 pages

Author

Judith Kerr
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Illustrated By

Judith Kerr

Publisher

HarperCollins Children's Books an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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Suitable for Ages

Books for Babies and Toddlers
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Publication date

27th May 2010

ISBN

9780007347025

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Mog's Kittens (flocked cover - Mog's 40th anniversary)

Written by: Judith Kerr
Illustrated by: Judith Kerr

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Julia Eccleshare's comment:

Mog’s Kittens are utterly irresistible! How Mog looks after her gorgeous kittens, including when they hide, is both touching and fun! This 40th anniversary title is a board book with flocked cover.

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Synopsis

Reissue of this board book about everyone's favourite family cat, Mog. With new cover design. Mog doesn't sleep on the little boy's bed any more. She has two kittens to look after and she has to look after them all the time. Enjoy seeing what the naughty kittens get up to as they grow older and bolder. This title is ideal for toddlers who will delight in seeing the antics of these two kittens. It is also an excellent book for children who themselves have pets to care for.

Reviews

Praise for 'Mog the Forgetful Cat':

'Grandparents are likely to get as much fun out of seeing it again as the new generation of fans just learning to read!' Choice Magazine

'Kerr's warmth, humour and honesty make this an engaging introduction to a difficult topic.' Financial Times

'Believable, amusing and moving.' Nursery World

'A supremely sensitive story.' The Times

'The best, most consoling book for children on the subject of bereavement a joy to read.' The Independent on Sunday

'Since her debut in 1970, Mog has become a national hero.' Junior

'Delightful stories about the family cat with attitude.' The Guardian

About The Author

Judith Kerr was born on 14 June 1923 in Berlin but escaped from Hitler’s Germany with her parents and brother in 1933 when she was nine years old. Her father was a drama critic and a distinguished writer whose books were burned by the Nazis. The family passed through Switzerland and France before arriving finally in England in 1936. Judith went to eleven different schools, worked in the Red Cross during the war, and won a scholarship to the Central School of Arts and Crafts in 1945. Since then she has worked as an artist, a BBC television scriptwriter and, for the past thirty years, as author and illustrator of children’s books.

Her three autobiographical novels are based on her early wandering years (which against all the odds she greatly enjoyed), her adolescence in London during the war, and finally on a brief return to Berlin as a young married woman. The stories have been internationally acclaimed and, to the author’s considerable satisfaction, have done particularly well in Germany where they are sometimes used as an easy introduction to a difficult period of Germany history.

Judith is married to scriptwriter Tom Kneale – they have two children and Mog, their very own forgetful cat. They live in Barnes, London. Their son was awarded the Somerset Maughan prize for his first novel.

Emily Gravett on Judith Kerr:

'I read The Tiger Who Came to Tea when I was a child and loved it. I remember being obsessed with the bit where the tiger came and drank all the water in the tap. I think it was the domesticity of it, that this person was at home and that this could actually happen. It was so matter-of-fact. Nothing really happens but it's still somehow magical.

'Kerr keeps the text very simple, and the illustrations give you clues as to how you should read it. In her Mog books, you can look at Mog's face to see how shocked or dramatic the action is. He is just a funny cat, with a woebegone expression.

'If you mention Mog or The Tiger Who Came to Tea to someone under 40, they just smile – and that's the reaction a children's book should give: it should provoke a gut feeling.' (The Guardian)

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