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The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr Analysis
The Tiger Who Came To Tea (1968) is a picture book written and illustrated by British storyteller Judith Kerr.
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Literary Cats
“I meant,” said Ipslore bitterly, “what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?”Death thought about it.‘CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE!’ Terry Pratchett, Sourcery Catwoman with every fictional cat ever, from The Mary Sue Why Cats Are Ousting Dogs In Literature from The Telegraph Something they don’t tell you about pet […]
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The Tiger’s Bride by Angela Carter Short Story Analysis
“The Tiger’s Bride” is a short story in Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber collection. Marina Warner writes of stories in The Bloody Chamber, published during the post-war feminist movement which largely denounced fairytales and everything they stood for: [Carter] refused to join in rejecting or denouncing fairy tales, but instead embraced the whole stigmatised genre, […]
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Scarface Claw by Lynley Dodd Picture Book Analysis
Scarface Claw is a wonderful animal villain. Honestly, for a close-reading I could have picked any of Lynley Dodd’s Slinky Malinki series (or from the even-better-known Hairy Maclary series set in the same world). I find it impossible to pick a favourite. But if I have a favourite character, it is probably a tie between Slinky […]
