Mog the cat is the main character in a series of children's books written by Judith Kerr

Judith Kerr

Judith Kerr is a German-born British writer and illustrator who has created both enduring picture books such as the Mog series and The Tiger Who Came To Tea and acclaimed novels for older children such as the autobiographical When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit which give a child's-eye view of the...

. Other regularly occurring characters include Mr and Mrs Thomas (Mog's owners) and their two children Nicky and Debbie. In each book Mog gets into a different conundrum with a new character or event. Unusually for a popular children's series, Mog dies of old age in the final book, 2002's Goodbye, Mog.

Kerr based her illustrations of the house in which the family live on her own family home in Barnes, London

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, and the two children were named after the middle names of her own son and daughter, Matthew

Matthew Kneale

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 and Tacy. The family name "Thomas" is from the first name of her husband, Nigel Kneale

Nigel Kneale

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, upon whom the appearance of Mr Thomas was based.

Mog the cat was mentioned by David Cameron

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 at the Conservative Party

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 Conference in Manchester

Manchester

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 in 2011.

Titles include (with year of first publication):

• Mog the Forgetful Cat (1970)
• Mog's Christmas (1976)
• Mog and the Baby (1980)
• Mog in the Dark (1983)
• Mog and Me (1984)
• Mog's Family of Cats (1985)
• Mog's Amazing Birthday Caper (1986)
• Mog and Bunny (1988)
• Mog and Barnaby (1991)
• Look Out, Mog (1991)
• Mog on Fox Night (1993)
• Mog in the Garden (1994)
• Mog's Kittens (1994)
• Mog and the Granny (1995)
• Mog and the Vee Ee Tee (1996)
• Mog's Bad Thing (2000)
• Goodbye, Mog (2002)

External links

• Official site at HarperCollins
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