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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. He is one of the best-known and best-loved illustrators of our time, and his books with a wide range of authors have been treasured by generations of children throughout the world. In 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration. Quentin lives in London. Maybe you’ve stumbled across a new release, falling in love with the colour and style, or researched for weeks to find the perfect art for your dining room. We know that, sometimes, the decision to buy artwork can be daunting. 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, been shortlisted for The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award which rewards the best in contemporary children's and young adult literature from all over the world and has won the Kate Greenaway Medal among others.
The book itswlf isnt that great as there isnt much of a story to it. However Quentin Blake is known for his illustrations and the book is filled with them- something the children would definitely enjoy. Add a speech / thought bubble to each character in the illustrations. What are they thinking / feeling? Quentin has received many awards for his books including the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Children's Book Award, the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award, the Bologna Regazzi Prize and the 2002 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, which is the highest international recognition given to creators of children's books. Blake is beyond brilliant . . . I've never met a child who doesn't love Quentin Blake" - Daily TelegraphOur artwork is generally delivered by courier and will require a signature on delivery. If delivery is attempted whilst you are out, the courier will leave a notice of the attempted delivery and details of how to arrange an alternate delivery date. He was born in 1932 and has been drawing ever since he can remember. His first drawing was published in Punch when he was only 16. He studied English at Downing College, Cambridge, and after that he did a postgraduate teaching diploma at the University of London. This was followed by a part-time course at Chelsea Art School.
Quentin Blake was awarded the O.B.E. in 1988, and in 1999 he was appointed the first Children's Laureate. This position, which he held for two years, saw him undertaking lots of ambitious projects in his quest to spread the word about the exciting world of children's books.
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