Customer Reviews
a great tradition yet quirky book - By: Ms. A. M. Hawkins, 07 Jul 2008 
my two sons aged 3 & a half & aged 15 months both sit in awe of this book! there is a traditional feel with the mummy making this fantasic tea which she is happy to share with this stranger at the door - a tiger! then there is the crazy element that you would let a tiger into your house - the tiger never roars at alll & amazingly my very vocal boys never roar when they see him in this book as he is a friendly tiger.
this book is simply great, a must have for parents & children.
Classic title - By: Humpty Dumpty, 26 May 2008 My little daughter loved this at bedtime. The moral - that which appears on the outside to be frightening & threatening need not be so upon examination - is such an important one for children to appreciate; an antidote to the prevailing scare culture where middle-class children are increasingly driven everywhere in a vehicle & kept from playing out on the street & taught to shun strangers.
A gentle, warm story with ditto illustrations. Magic!
BRILL BOOK - By: Mehajabeen Farid, 01 May 2008 One day, there was a knock at the door of Sophie's house, just as she & her mummy were going to have tea, but the milkman had already come & it was not the day for the boy from the grocer; it could not be daddy because he was coming home a little bit later & he had his keys. Who was the mysterious being at the door? Find out in this book...
This book is wonderful: the illustrations are vivid & bright; the vocabulary range is good for children aged from 4 - 7 & the story line is delightful. It is a truly superb book.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book with my brother (who enjoyed it as well) & would rate it, for myself & on behalf of my brother, 10/ 10.
"But the tiger didn't just take one cake, he took all the cakes on the plate!" - By: Shaffelnook, 29 Apr 2008 I bought the anniversary edition (with touchy-feely tiger stripes) for my son who is almost three & we have been reading it constantly. The story is easy to follow & features a loveable tiger who turns up for tea & ends up eating everything in the house. I remember enjoying this book when I was at school 25 years ago. It hasn't changed one bit.
Very sweet, we like it already - By: K. Fleetwood, 17 Mar 2008 
A friend bought this book for our son's Christmas because she said she had loved it herself as a child. We just dug it out this week, & already our little boy (20 months) is hooked. He loves identifying alll the bits & bobs in the pictures (for some reason the brushes were especiallly fascinating tonight), & I like speculating what on earth inspired Judith Kerr to write the story, because it is very very odd.
Our household is terribly old-fashioned in that my husband works & I stay at home to look after our son, & we do like to go out for dinner sometimes, so this book is especiallly appealing to us because it sort of reflects our life. I just hope that if any tigers do come to tea, they will be as polite & smiley as the tiger in this book!
