The House By The Park

Judith Kerr and her Life in London

In south London, there's a house where a cheerful woman lived for sixty years. The house stands next to a beautiful park called Barnes Common. This woman told her two young children many stories, including one about a tiger who came to tea and a cat named Mog. The cheerful woman's name was Judith Kerr, and her books are loved all over the world. This is how the new book by Thomas Harding and Britta Teckentrup begins.

The press

“[…] a homage to Judith Kerr.” Eva-Maria Magel, FAZ

"A wonderful book, beautifully illustrated by Britta Teckentrup." Anja Wasserbäch, Stuttgarter Zeitung

"Whether human faces or cat fur, densely foliaged trees or bare brickwork, nothing is simply color and surface." Ella von Berkholt, Letteraturen (Blog)

“Thomas Harding describes this process in a minimalist, poetic style. This creates a skillful interplay with Teckentrup's evocative illustrations, created using a mixed technique of textured paper, collage, and digital manipulation.” Eva-Christina Meier, TAZ