Judith kerr autobiography of malcolm

          It is hard enough being a teenager in London during the Blitz, finding yourself in love and wondering every night whether you will survive the bombs.!

          About Judith Kerr

          Judith Kerr was born in Berlin, but left Germany with her family in 1933 to escape the Nazis.

          Author:Wigley, Judith.

        1. Author:Wigley, Judith.
        2. Partly autobiographical, this is first of the internationally acclaimed trilogy by Judith Kerr telling the unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing.
        3. It is hard enough being a teenager in London during the Blitz, finding yourself in love and wondering every night whether you will survive the bombs.
        4. The beloved children's book writer and illustrator Judith Kerr has died aged 95, her publisher HarperCollins says.
        5. Judith Kerr was born in Berlin, the daughter of a distinguished German writer.

          6. They arrived in England in 1936, having spent the intervening years in Switzerland and France.

          She met her husband the celebrated screenwriter Nigel Kneale, by chance, while having lunch at the BBC canteen, where she later worked as a scriptwriter.

          They married in 1954 and had two children together; Tacy and Matthew.

          It was to Tacy that Judith first used to tell the story of a Tiger coming to tea.

          “She was rather critical of my other stories but used to say, ‘Talk the tiger!’  So, when she and her brother were both at school and I had more time, I thought I would make it into a picture book.”

          That picture book was The Tiger Who Came to Tea.

          A success from its first publication in 1968, it was called “a dazzling first book” by Antonia Fraser in one of its first reviews, and has been beloved by both critics and children ever since. It has sold more than ten millio