Synopsis
One day as Mog is chasing a butterfly something happens to her paw. It is very sore. So sore that she can’t eat or sleep. Mrs Thomas says that Mog will have to go to the “vee ee tee”. But Mog hates going to the vet, and causes great confusion in the vet’s surgery.
About the Author
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.
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.
‘Mog and the Vee Ee Tee’ Big Book is a large format version of the classic picture book by award-winning children’s book illustrator / author, Judith Kerr. It is ideal for use within the shared part of the literacy session with Reception or Key Stage 1 children.One day Mog was chasing a butterfly when something happened to her paw. It was very sore. So sore that she couldn’t eat or sleep.“She’ll have to go to the vee ee tee,” said Mrs Thomas. (She said vee ee tee instead of vet so that Mog wouldn’t understand.) But Mog hates going to the vet and before her paw can be made better, she causes great confusion in the vet’s surgery…