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pussreboots's review against another edition
5.0
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.
A mother and daughter sit down to tea (a most wonderful excuse for a mid afternoon snack) when the doorbell unexpectedly rings. The daughter asks who it could be but all the mother can say is that it won't be daddy because he has a key. Upon opening the door they are greeted by a tiger.
When faced with a hungry tiger at the door, there are only two things you can do: slam the door and hide, or invite him in and hope for the best. They invite him in. Although polite (in that he doesn't eat them), the tiger is ravenous. He eats and drinks them out of house and home, including drinking all the water out the tap!
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.
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.
When I was a child I had a toy tiger I took everywhere. I used to imagine that he would under very special circumstances come to life as a man-sized (sort of like Tony the Tiger but cooler) talking tiger. He'd take me to school and make the cool kid. You can imagine then how The Tiger Who Came to Tea played into that fantasy a bit.
A mother and daughter sit down to tea (a most wonderful excuse for a mid afternoon snack) when the doorbell unexpectedly rings. The daughter asks who it could be but all the mother can say is that it won't be daddy because he has a key. Upon opening the door they are greeted by a tiger.
When faced with a hungry tiger at the door, there are only two things you can do: slam the door and hide, or invite him in and hope for the best. They invite him in. Although polite (in that he doesn't eat them), the tiger is ravenous. He eats and drinks them out of house and home, including drinking all the water out the tap!
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.
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.
When I was a child I had a toy tiger I took everywhere. I used to imagine that he would under very special circumstances come to life as a man-sized (sort of like Tony the Tiger but cooler) talking tiger. He'd take me to school and make the cool kid. You can imagine then how The Tiger Who Came to Tea played into that fantasy a bit.
sarahmurphytraylor's review against another edition
Elizabeth lovesssss this book. I think it is cute.
emkoshka's review against another edition
3.0
This is the big children's show being performed at work this summer so I quickly read through the book while on shift today just to see what all the fuss is about. It's cute and I love the charming and colourful old illustrations, but I didn't much like the way the tiger's greed and gluttony was brushed off so amiably by the family he ate out of house and home. I mean, he even drank Daddy's beer! A little unrealistic, but the kids seemed to lap it up today.
georgia_alice29's review against another edition
4.0
Popsugar Reading Challenge 2017: A book with a cat on the cover
Copout number three lmao i couldn't find a book with a cat on the cover so you know a tiger is kind of a cat and we're all going to have to live with it
i find it so awkward writing about kids book i dunno its just so strange. but yeah it was good so yeah
Copout number three lmao i couldn't find a book with a cat on the cover so you know a tiger is kind of a cat and we're all going to have to live with it
i find it so awkward writing about kids book i dunno its just so strange. but yeah it was good so yeah
trinny's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
dlauron's review against another edition
5.0
I picked this up from the library after I read about it in an article which stated that the author had passed. I hadn't heard of the book, since it wasn't an American children's book. It was worth a read. A tiger invites himself to lunch and the family has to adapt. I am glad I found the book. It would have been cute to read to my kids when they were small.
anto's review against another edition
He perdido la cuenta de las veces que he leído esta historia a mis hijos estos días. Les encanta. Nos encanta. Estos libros son magníficos para aprender inglés, repetimos palabras y jugamos con los dibujos. Pero además está el mensaje que transmite. Compartir como base de una vida feliz. Te planteas cosas como adulto del tipo, vaya familia más calmada y relajada, parecen que vienen tigres todos los días a merendar. O por qué no volvió el peludo y rayado tigre hambriento. Estos ingleses....
beecheralyson's review against another edition
3.0
Sometimes it is a challenge to separate current day thoughts and practices with the thoughts and practices in a children's book from several decades ago. A tiger comes to tea, and eats & drinks up all the food, etc. The ending left me a little puzzled?!
undomiel's review against another edition
5.0
A super fun kids book that is delightful to read, and was a childhood favourite of mine!