Tea Trysts

Are you planning the next birthday party, housewarming, baby shower, or company team building activity but aren't sure how can make it special? Tea is the most drank beverage only after water! It has been around for thousands of years and intersects with just about every aspect of life that you can imagine. Many children's books, movies, and TV series have "tea moments" that you can plan an event around! Are you ready?

So Many Children's Book Genres...

Cultural:

Fu Finds the Way (Chinese)

Cloud Tea Monkeys (Indian)

The Silk Princess (Chinese)

TEATIME Around the World

TEA with MILK

Manners:

Madeline's Tea Party

A Mermaid Tea Party

Tea REX

Fantasy:

Tea with Mr. Tumnus Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)

Dolls Tea Party

No Dragon's for Tea (fire safety)

Historically Related books:

Joining the Boston Tea Party

Time Travels of the Hamster Boys: The Boston Tea Party of 1773

Tea Cakes for Tosh

Tea and Sugar Christmas

A Single Pebble:

A Story of the Silk Road

Stories from the Silk Road

Invention/Technology:

TEA with GRANDPA

Animal Related:

The Tea Party in the Woods

Miss Spider's Tea Party

African Tea

Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea

Not Another Tea Party

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

Chimpanzees for Tea

Brimsby's Hats

Royal Tea books:

How the Queen Found the Perfect Cup of Tea

Pinkalicious: The Royal Tea Party

The Princess Twins and the Tea Party

On the Glowing Screen

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Children's Movies

The Little Princess -Shirley Temple
Mary Poppins (musical)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (edible tea cup)
Toy Story (Buzz, “One minute you’re defending the galaxy and suddenly you find yourself sucking down Darjeeling with Marie Antoinette….)
The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe
Anne of Green Gables
Mulan

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Romance

Sense & Sensibility
Pride & Prejudice
Emma
Tea for Two
You’ve Got Mail
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Notting Hill
The Princess Diaries

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Fantasy/Sci-Fi

The Hobbit (Bilbo Baggins)
Fellowship of the Ring
Star Trek (Captain Picard, “Tea, Earl Grey, hot.”)

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Historically Related & Family Drama

Driving Miss Daisy
Memoirs of a Geisha
Titanic
Miss Potter
The Great Gatsby
Marie Antoinette
A Beautiful Mind
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
The Christmas Carol

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Comedy

Uptown Girl
Charlie Chaplin
My Fair Lady (musical)
Gosford Park

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Action & Adventure

Karate Kid II
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Oz, The Great and Powerful (teapot house)
Around the World in 80 Days

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TV Series

NCIS- Los Angeles
The Mentalist
Doctor Who
Alfred Hitchcock (Suspicion)
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Arthur Dent)
Downtown Abbey

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