Mog the Forgetful Cat

Name: William Joseph
Price range: $

by Judith Kerr

Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 6+

Published by HarperCollins, 2010

Classics
Funny
Interactive
Picture books

About this book

Reformatted and reissued, Mog the Forgetful Cat has lost none of its gentle charm. Mog is a very forgetful cat, forever getting in the way of her owners, the Thomas family, particularly when she forgets the cat flap and sits in the window box meowing and squashing all the flowers.

Her antics usually result in cries of 'Bother that cat!' However, one evening Mog's characteristic forgetfulness enables her to foil a burglar, resulting in a medal for bravery and two eggs for breakfast every day.

This is a classic tale for the under-fives, beautifully brought to life by Judith Kerr's warm, funny and endearing illustrations.

About the author

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 many decades now, as author and illustrator of children's books.

Judith has a daughter who is a designer and a son who is a novelist. She lives in London.

Judith won our Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.