The story is deceptively simple and fantastic fun, although it might be criticised for being a little dated, I think it is still a wonderful whimsical tale. A television adaptation of the book aired in the UK on Channel 4 on Christmas Eve 2019 and featured the voices of David Walliams as the narrator, David Oyelowo as the tiger, Clara Ross as Sophie, Maria Darling as the boy from the grocer's, Tamsin Greig as Sophie's mother, Benedict Cumberbatch as Sophie's father and Paul Whitehouse as the milkman. The original artwork for the book is held by Seven Stories, a children's literature centre in the UK.

Created in partnership with the book’s publisher, Harper Collins, this ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ Sequencing activity is ideal to use with your little learners in EYFS and KS1. Invite children to talk about and retell this classic children’s story using our 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' Sequencing Cards. The book was also translated into Hebrew, with the title ״Hatigris Sheba Lishtot Te” (הטיגריס שבא לשתות תה). This warm and funny picture book story is perfect for reading aloud, or for small children to read to themselves time and again.

After the tiger leaves, Sophie's father comes home from work and suggests that they all go out and have a lovely meal in a cafe. They were, in a way, followers of the great poet Heinrich Heine who said, 'When there are books to be burned, human beings will be burned afterwards', and of course Alfred Kerr's books were burned in 1933 in the Opernplatz, which Goebbels directed. One of those people who can just get anything they want without particularly asking for it or trying hard for it. They’re a wonderful way to develop your learners’ understanding of the story, while also inspiring a lifelong love of learning at a young age.

Earlier this year, Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis said: "I remember asking Judith Kerr if the tiger symbolised the 1960s sexual revolution where normal mores and suburban life became upended by this wild and exotic creature. As a result, many readers have suggested the tiger who comes to tea represents the Nazis, who disrupted the quiet, suburban lifestyle Judith was used to.The reason she wanted to adapt this book into a film now, 51 years after she'd written it, was she wanted to reach more children around the world.