Description
Welcome to the wonderful world of Quentin Blake! Celebrate Quentin Blake's 90th birthday with this collection of nine beautiful complete picture books: his best-loved characters, classic stories and marvellous rhymes - together for the first time in a treasury to be shared and enjoyed by all.
The Quentin Blake Treasury contains:
All Join In * Quentin Blake's Nursery Rhyme Book * Patrick * Angelica Sprocket's Pockets * Mister Magnolia * Quentin Blake's ABC * Cockatoos * Angel Pavement * Mrs Armitage Queen of the Road
Meet Mister Magnolia, with only one boot! Peer into Angelica Sprocket's Pockets! Set off with Mrs Armitage Queen of the Road, be whisked away by the music of the extraordinary Patrick and soar into the air on the wings of Angel Pavement. Discover the crazy counting of the mischievous Cockatoos and the most enjoyable alphabet ever in Quentin Blake's ABC. And finally, join in at the top of your voice with the verse and songs of Quentin Blake's Nursery Rhyme Book and All Join In!
From Quentin's very first picture book to his most recent adventures, this collection spans and celebrates his astonishing career.
"Blake is beyond brilliant . . . I've never met a child who doesn't love Quentin Blake" - Daily Telegraph
Quentin Blake is one of Britain's best-loved and most successful author-illustrators, and was made the first Children's Laureate in 1999. He has won the Whitbread Award, the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, and the Kate Greenaway Medal. among others.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Quentin Blake! Collected here are nine beautiful complete picture books: his best-loved characters, classic stories and marvellous rhymes - together for the first time in a treasury to be shared and enjoyed by all.
About the Author
Quentin Blake has been drawing ever since he can remember. He taught illustration for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, of which he is an honorary professor. He has won many prizes, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal, and in 1999 he was appointed the first Children's Laureate. In the 2013 New Year's Honours List he was knighted for services to illustration.
Reviews
This collection is a delight from start to finish. * Daily Express *
Book Information
ISBN 9780857550477
Author Quentin Blake
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Weight(grams) 1150g
Dimensions(mm) 265mm * 200mm * 25mm