Kicking off the new children’s literary series Bush Bookworms at The Bush Theatre is none other than the notable Judith Kerr – famous for her story ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’. The reading will take place on Saturday December 15th at 12pm in the library and space is limited. Tickets are only £5 to see this renowned and much loved author – presales available and advisable.
About Judith Kerr
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. Known for her enduring picture books such as the ‘Mog’ series and ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’ and acclaimed novels such as the autobiographical ‘When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit’ – a child’s-eye view of the Second World War.
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 German history.
Judith has a daughter who is a designer and a son who is a novelist. She has lived in the same house in Barnes since 1962. Her next release is The Great Granny Gang.
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