by Judith Kerr (Illustrator)
New cover, new format reissue of this story about everyone's favourite family cat, Mog. Mog's peaceful day is shattered when a baby comes to visit. All Mog wants to do and sleep and play but there is no chance of that with a little baby around! "Mog loves babies," says Mrs Thomas but suddenly Mog isn't quite so sure...
Format: Picture Book
Pages: 32
Edition: New edition
Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
Published: 07 Feb 2005
ISBN 10: 0007171323
ISBN 13: 9780007171323
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years
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
`A lovely book for all Mog-fanciers' The Observer
Praise for Goodbye Mog:
`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
Judith Kerr OBE was born in Berlin. Her family left Germany in 1933 to escape the rising Nazi party, and came to England. She studied at the Central School of Art and later worked as a scriptwriter for the BBC.
Judith married the celebrated screenwriter Nigel Kneale in 1954. She left the BBC to look after their two children, who inspired her first picture book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Published in 1968 and never out of print in the fifty years since, it has become a much-loved classic and perennial bestseller.
Judith celebrated her 95th birthday in 2018, was awarded the Booktrust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016, and continues to write and illustrate children's books from her home in London.