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Roald Dahl Collection 16 Books Box Set - Ages 7-9 - Paperback
PenguinTitles in This Set : Matilda Going Solo The Giraffe And The Pelly And Me George's Marvellous Medicine Fantastic Mr Fox The Magic Finger Esio Trot...
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The World of David Walliams Best Box Set Ever 5 Books - Ages 7-9 - Paperback
HarperCollins PublishersSummary The World of David Walliams: Best Boxset Ever contains the first five hilarious books from bestselling author David Walliams. Make room on...
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The World of David Walliams - The Terrific Ten! Mega-Massive 10 Books Collection Set - Ages 7-14 - Paperback
HarperCollins PublishersSummary If you’re aged between 7 and 9 and looking for hilarious and addictive kids’ fiction books, we heartily recommend one of the world’s top-...
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Roald Dahl's Marvellous Joke Book
Penguin Random House Children's UKWhich famous writer goes best with a hot dog? Roll Dahl of course!Laugh yourself silly with Roald Dahl's Marvellous Joke Book, filled with over 400...
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Matilda (Colour Edition)
Penguin Random House Children's UKRoald Dahl's much-loved Matilda, now in a stunning large paperback format with Quentin Blake's original illustrations in full colour. Matilda Wormw...
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Billy and the Minpins (illustrated by Quentin Blake)
Penguin Random House Children's UKA BRAND-NEW EDITION, ILLUSTRATED BY QUENTIN BLAKE FOR THE FIRST TIME. Billy's mum says he must never go out through the garden gate and explore the...
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Boy : Tales of Childhood
Penguin Random House Children's UKPhizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!BOY, Roald Dahl's bestselling autobiography, is full of hilarious ...
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Michael Rosen's Sad Book
Walker Books LtdA heartbreakingly honest account of a father's grief for his son from the illustrious pairing of two former Children's Laureates. Very occasional...
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Roald Dahl Words of Magical Mischief
Oxford University PressGet ready to be bewitched and spellbound by Roald Dahl's mischievous words of magic (and much more). You can have fun with Roald Dahl's language an...
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The Box of Delights
Egmont UK LtdAnd now, Master Harker, now that the Wolves are Running, perhaps you could do something to stop their Bite?' A magical old man has asked K...
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The Witches (Colour Edition)
Penguin Random House Children's UKTHE WITCHES, Roald Dahl's most scary story for children, in a large format, full colour paperback edition. With Quentin Blake's brilliant line ar...
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On the Move: Poems About Migration
Walker Books LtdFormer Children's Laureates Michael Rosen and Sir Quentin Blake join forces for a personal and uniquely affecting collection of poems about migrati...
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Billy and the Minpins (Colour Edition)
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All Join In
Penguin Random House Children's UK'And if Ferdinand decides to makea chocolate fudge banana cakeWhat do we do? For goodness sake!We ALL JOIN IN!'This book is a rumbustious, rollicki...
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Zagazoo
Penguin Random House Children's UKZagazoo is a baby like no other. In this quite exceptional picture book young readers will be delighted by the hilarious and unexpected changes in...
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Bananas in My Ears
Walker Books LtdA comic collection of verse from the illustrious pairing of two former Children's Laureates. From the chaos of breakfast and to the calm of bedti...
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Fantastic Mr Fox
Penguin Random House Children's UKA splendiferous new hardback of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, part of a collection of truly delumptious classic Roald Dahl titles with stylish...
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Roald Dahl's Beastly Brutes & Heroic Human Beans : A brilliant press-out paper adventure
Welbeck Publishing GroupIt's time to meet Roald Dahl's larger-than-life characters as you've never seen them before in this madcap adventure. Focusing on four of Roald's m...
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The Boy Who Sprouted Antlers
Thames & Hudson LtdIt is nearly the summer holidays and Billy Dexter and his classmates are trying to finish their wicker baskets. Their craft teacher, Miss Beddows, ...
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Often imitated but never bettered, Quentin Blake is one of the most cherished illustrators in Britain. Blake has written or drawn over five hundred books, alongside exhibitions and public art. He’s best known for his collaboration with Roald Dahl, across books such as The BFG and Revolting Rhymes. You’ll also know his work from The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams, as well as his own writings like Clown.
We have a great selection of Quentin Blake books available here at Books2Door. You may also be interested in other bestselling illustrators, such as Tony Ross and Judith Kerr, or his successors as Children’s Laureate such as Julia Donaldson and Chris Riddell.
Biography
Quentin Blake was born in London in 1932. He went to Sidcup Grammar School, did National Service, studied English at Cambridge, attained a postgraduate teaching diploma from the University of London, and took life classes at Chelsea Art School. He taught for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art. Since the 90s, he’s worked as an exhibition curator in London and Paris.
However, Blake has been making his primary living as an illustrator since he was first published in Punch magazine at sixteen. He drew for them for many years, alongside The Spectator and other magazines. His first children’s book was published in 1960 - A Drink of Water by John Yeoman. He’s illustrated books by many authors, including Sylvia Plath, Michael Rosen, and Dr. Seuss, as well as many astonishing books written by himself. He illustrated David Walliams’s debut novel, The Boy in the Dress, and its follow-up Mr Stink.
However, Blake’s most enduring partnership was with Roald Dahl. Their collaboration started with the picture book The Enormous Crocodile in 1979 and lasted even past Dahl’s death in 1990. Blake’s work perfectly complements Dahl’s spiky and fablelike tales, and all of the latest editions come fully furnished with Blake’s illustrations. This includes Dahl’s final 1991 novel Billy and the Minpins, which Blake illustrated in 2017.
Blake has won many prizes across his career, including the Hans Christian Anderson Award for Illustration. He has been knighted by the British, admitted to the Legion d’Honneur by the French, and has received multiple honorary degrees. He became the inaugural Children’s Laureate in 1999, a post created to raise the profile of children’s literature.
Beyond the page, Blake has decorated the walls of many hospitals and caregiving establishments with his art, from mental health support centres to maternity wards. He founded the House of Illustration, a centre that promotes the art of illustration, which Blake feels isn’t given the same amount of attention and respect as other types of visual art.
Best-Known Books
The Roald Dahl 16 Book Collection is illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. It features all of the classic stories, from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to The Witches, Danny The Champion of the World to George’s Marvellous Medicine. This box set is the cornerstone of any kid’s library, and it’s available now at a great value price.