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Judith Kerr has died 11:10 - May 23 with 886 viewsSteve_M

AS well as writing some much-loved books for kids, she had a pretty interesting life:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48381415

Obituary here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30878265

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Judith Kerr has died on 11:20 - May 23 with 853 viewsITFC_Forever

Saw that headline pop up - I first thought of the Mog books (which our kids loved when they were younger), but didn't know about the rest of her life...

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Judith Kerr has died on 11:37 - May 23 with 830 viewshoppy

#prayforfactual

Can't be easy when he keeps seeing all his contemporaries going.

RIP Judith Kerr. Loved your books for years.

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Judith Kerr has died on 12:01 - May 23 with 805 viewsSteve_M

Judith Kerr has died on 11:20 - May 23 by ITFC_Forever

Saw that headline pop up - I first thought of the Mog books (which our kids loved when they were younger), but didn't know about the rest of her life...


I hadn't until I read this FT interview a couple of years ago:

https://www.ft.com/content/37f1f0a8-ae0f-11e7-beba-5521c713abf4

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Judith Kerr has died on 22:35 - May 23 with 704 viewsBloomBlue

The book about her life "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" is an amazing book.
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Judith Kerr has died on 22:40 - May 23 with 697 viewsBluefish

Read my youngest the tiger who came to tea at bedtime tonight. I prefer the Mog books though

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Judith Kerr has died on 07:55 - May 24 with 612 viewschicoazul

Becoming a best-selling children's author looks like an absolute piece of pss.

"Ooohhh once upon a time there was a cat and he was fat and he was best friends with a little girl called Lizzie who was ever so clever and always wore odd socks" give me a break.

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Judith Kerr has died on 08:02 - May 24 with 606 viewsBloomBlue

Judith Kerr has died on 22:40 - May 23 by Bluefish

Read my youngest the tiger who came to tea at bedtime tonight. I prefer the Mog books though


The Mog books are good. It wasn't that long ago her books were deemed 'not trendy' because they didn't include any nastiness and that didn't reflect life. I always argued as a Jewish child in Hitler's 1930s Germany she probably saw enough nastiness to last her a lifetime.
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Judith Kerr has died on 08:08 - May 24 with 598 viewsfooters

Judith Kerr has died on 07:55 - May 24 by chicoazul

Becoming a best-selling children's author looks like an absolute piece of pss.

"Ooohhh once upon a time there was a cat and he was fat and he was best friends with a little girl called Lizzie who was ever so clever and always wore odd socks" give me a break.


I think I'm right in saying that getting a kiddies' book published is actually extremely difficult. Very competitive market.

The trick is getting adults to read said books too. That's where the dollar is. See for reference Harry Potter and Game of Thrones.

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Judith Kerr has died on 08:12 - May 24 with 593 viewschicoazul

Judith Kerr has died on 08:08 - May 24 by footers

I think I'm right in saying that getting a kiddies' book published is actually extremely difficult. Very competitive market.

The trick is getting adults to read said books too. That's where the dollar is. See for reference Harry Potter and Game of Thrones.


Not sure GoT is a kiddies book my guy. Can't see many people sending their 7yo off to sleep with the story of the first time Dany got shagged up the rse by Khal Drogo.

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Judith Kerr has died on 08:15 - May 24 with 588 viewsfooters

Judith Kerr has died on 08:12 - May 24 by chicoazul

Not sure GoT is a kiddies book my guy. Can't see many people sending their 7yo off to sleep with the story of the first time Dany got shagged up the rse by Khal Drogo.


Levels, bruh, levels. I'll be kind in saying it's unchallenging, functional genre fiction and leave it at that ;)

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