How Mrs Monkey missed the Ark: The classic illustrated children’s book from the author of The Tiger Who Came To Tea - Hardcover

Kerr, Judith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0001982575 ISBN 13: 9780001982574

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, 1996

Synopsis

'Time to go,' says Mr Monkey to Mrs Monkey. Noah had finished building the ark, God had told him to call the animals and the rain was beginning to fall. But Mrs Monkey was not ready. She wanted a little fruit to eat on the trip. 'A nice mixture,' she thought. Only she took an awfully long time to collect her fruit, and by then the ark had floated away! How she finally reaches the ark needs more than a little intervention from God and a friendly animal or two - but then Mrs Monkey still manages to pull a heavenly surprise out of the bag. This new edition of Judith Kerr's highly entertaining version of the "Great Flood" ends spectacularly in a special four-page fold-out.

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0001982575
• ISBN 13: 9780001982574
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 34
• Illustrator: Kerr Judith