Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat… Mog is everyone’s favourite family cat! Join her in this warm-hearted and funny escapade about Mog’s sore paw, and her trip to the V. E. T…. Read by Tacy Kneale! Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat… Mog is everyone’s favourite family cat! Join her in this warm-hearted and funny escapade about Mog’s sore paw, and her trip to the V. E. T…. Read by Tacy Kneale! Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Mog the Forgetful Cat with special anniversary editions of her much-loved adventures. From the creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat comes a delightful family adventure about a really remarkable cat, as read by Judith Kerr’s daughter, Tacy Kneale! Mog is chasing a butterfly one day, when something happens to her paw… Ouch! “She’ll have to go to the vee ee tee,” says Mrs Thomas. But before they can make her better, Mog causes a great ruckus at the vet’s surgery… Mog the Forgetful Cat was first published fifty years ago, and Mog has been delighting children all over the world with her adventures ever since. These books are the perfect gifts for boys, girls and families everywhere! Praise for Mog:‘Since her debut in 1970, Mog has become… a national hero.’ Junior Magazine ‘A firm favourite on children's bookshelves’ The Telegraph ‘Mog is a star, she really is. I can't recommend her highly enough. Someone should give that cat a medal, or an egg for breakfast.’ The Bookbag ‘Delightful stories about the family cat with attitude.’ The Guardian Praise for Judith Kerr:‘One of the best authors a child of 3+ could encounter.’ The Times “It’s no surprise Judith’s work is still popular. It owes nothing to the vagaries of style or fashion. Her warmth and humanity are timeless.” Michael Foreman The illustrated adventures of the nation’s favourite cat, from the author of The Tiger Who Came To Tea 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. Her second book was Mog the Forgetful Cat, which was published in 1970 and has also gone on to become a beloved classic, with Mog appearing in a further 17 adventures in the years since. Judith was awarded the Booktrust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016, and in 2019 was named Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards. Judith died in May 2019 at the age of 95, and her stories continue to entertain and delight generations of children. The illustrated adventures of the nation’s favourite cat, from the author of The Tiger Who Came To Tea • ‘Mog The Forgetful Cat’ was published in 1970. Mog has remained a favourite ever since and in 2020 HarperCollins celebrates fifty years since her first appearance. • Mog starred in the Sainsbury’s Christmas commercial in 2015, raising funds for Save the Children, and the accompanying book ‘Mog’s Christmas Calamity’ was overall number one in the charts. • Judith Kerr was one of the best-loved children’s authors of the twentieth century, and has sold more than ten million books worldwide. She was awarded an OBE in 2012, awarded the BookTrust Lifetime Achievement award in 2016, and named Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2019. • Judith Kerr's books about Mog, the loveable, accident-prone cat, have entertained countless children for fifty years and sold over four million copies worldwide. • Judith Kerr’s classic picture book ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ has sold over five million copies. • Judith Kerr’s first novel, ‘When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit’, won the prestigious Jugendbuchpreis in Germany and has sold over 500,000 copies. • HarperCollins Children’s Books are proud to be Judith Kerr’s sole publisher.
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