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The Tiger Who Came to Tea

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The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr

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By Judith Kerr

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This classic story of Sophie and her extraordinary tea-time guest has been loved by millions of children since it was first published over 30 years ago. Now a new generation will enjoy this beautiful reformatted edition!

Reviews

27 Jul 2026

The Tiger Who Came to Tea is a book I read many times during my childhood, and it has always been one of my favourites. I enjoyed the excitement and sense of mystery throughout the story, which keeps young readers engaged and curious about what will happen next. The ending encourages readers to think and come up with their own ideas about the events of the story.
I would recommend this book mainly to younger readers, particularly those in Key Stage 1. However, it can also be enjoyed by older children, as it is a classic story that many people remember from their childhood.

25 Jul 2026

Great story full of imagination.

22 Jul 2026

I liked that the tiger was playing goodbye on the trumpet. It was medium hard to read. I thought the tiger was so rude. I would read it again.

22 Jul 2026

He is a hungry tiger
It's funny when he drinks all the water in the tap

21 Jul 2026

Lovely story!

20 Jul 2026

I like the tiger its so cue

18 Jul 2026

It was very good but the tiger was very cheeky eating all their food and drinking all their drinks!

17 Jul 2026

I liked this, I have the same name as the little girl so it made me smile.

15 Jul 2026

I found this one a bit boring

14 Jul 2026

I like when the tiger eats the food!

09 Jul 2026

I enjoyed seeing the tiger eat all the food and drink all the water.
It was funny when the girl could not have her bath.
It was good that they went out for tea because there was no food left.
They went shopping for a tin of tiger food and food that they could eat.

08 Jul 2026

The tiger only came 1 time to tea. And they also got the tiger tiger food and he didn't come back. I enjoyed the book very much.

05 Jul 2026

I love that he ate everything. Tigers are my favourite animal. I love the go to the cafe, and have ice cream and sausages.

04 Jul 2026

The tiger was very hungry, I didn’t know tigers could eat that much. A fun book

04 Jul 2026

Tiger came to tea but he ate all of the food in the kitchen and drank all of the water. And they needed to go to the cafe for supper

30 Jun 2026

I like tiger and Sophie. The tiger ate all their buns and cake and drinks.. Mommy Daddy and Sophie went to eat out in a cafe. I also like to go to cafe as well.

24 Jun 2026

I loved Sophia and the Tiger. I loved how they went to the cafe.

11 Jun 2026

I like the tiger, its fluffy and soft. I like the pictures and words I see

07 Jun 2026

I enjoyed reading The Tiger Who Came to Tea. It is a fiction story about a tiger who visits a girl and eats all the food in he can find. My favourite character was the tiger because he was funny and surprising. I liked this book because it is silly and entertaining. I would recommend it to other children because it makes you laugh and has a fun idea.

13 Feb 2026

I liked how the tiger ate all the food

09 Jan 2026

It was fiction but my favourite character was the tiger because he was really funny! I rated this 4/5 because it is too weird at the end that tiger's face was on a can.

03 Jan 2026

I liked it because it had a lot about different people's nature in it. My favourite character was Sophie.

22 Dec 2025

It was a very Intersting book, I liked how the tiger walked through the doors.

10 Sep 2025

I love this story, it was so funny,

07 Sep 2025

I like the girl because she is very kind to the girl. I will recommend it to my grandma she always like my story telling.

06 Sep 2025

I like when the tiger says goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

03 Sep 2025

I’ve read it lots of times and it still love it !

02 Sep 2025

I liked it when the Tiger ate all the food and he drank all of Sophie's Daddy's beer. I liked when they all went out for dinner and Sophie bought back tiger food if the tiger came back ever again.

02 Sep 2025

Loves it!

01 Sep 2025

Good story

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