New Releases by Quentin Blake

Part of the RED FOX GIANT PICTURE BOOK series, a LARGE FORMAT edition of a collection of poems which stress the fun to be had in performing tasks in groups. Illustrated in colour throughout by the author.

When two children climb over the garden wall of the big house, they embark on a voyage of discovery. For this uncharted territory reveals a topiary ship, complete with a wheelhouse that looks rather like a garden shed. It isnt long before the shipowner comes across the stowaways, but their communal sense of adventure is destined to see them all through the eye of the storm!

Ars Armitage arrives on the beach with her surfboard and her faithful dog Breakspear, and paddles out to sea to wait for the Big Wave. But, of course, Mrs Armitage can''t be satisfied with just an ordinary surfboard and she is soon adding a hilarious variety of gadgets and contraptions. And when the Big Wave finally arrives, Mrs Armitage certainly surfs with style!

From Britain''s first Children''s Laureate, and the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Kurt Maschler Award and the Bologna Ragazzi Prize. Fantastic Daisy Artichoke is as appealing to young children as the immortal Mr. Magnolia. The delightfully off-beat rhyming text complements Quentin Blake''s artwork perfectly. "From the Trade Paperback edition.

Publié pour la première fois en 1961, James et la grosse pêche est devenu un véritable classique de la littérature pour enfants. Cette édition de luxe, d''un ouvrage vendu à plusieurs millions d''exemplaires dans le monde, est illustrée pour la première fois tout en couleurs par Quentin Blake, l''illustrateur attitré de Roald Dahl. Le petit James mène une existence bien malheureuse auprès de ses deux tantes abominablement méchantes, tante Eponge et tante Piquette, qui ne cessent de le tourmenter et de le maltraiter. Mais un jour, James rencontre un curieux personnage : un vieil homme qui lui confie un sac rempli de mille petites choses vertes recelant tout le pouvoir magique du monde. De plus, une pêche se met à pousser sur le vieux pêcher, à pousser jusqu''à devenir aussi grosse qu''une maison ! Evénements insolites qui vont bouleverser la vie de James.

The baby arrives in a brown paper parcel to the surprise of his parents. They name him Zagazoo. As he grows up he changes into a number of different things- a vulture, an elephant, a warthog, a small dragon. . . Suddenly he is a perfectly mannered desirable young man who falls in love and decides to get married. His parents are delighted but when Zagazoo comes to tell them the news, he finds they have changed into a pair of pelicans who endlessly clack their beaks. As Quentin Blake says''Isn''t life amazing!''

Ever eaten Poodle Strudel? Slain a Jabberwock? Bathed in Irish Stew? Quentin Blake is one of the best loved of children’s illustrators. In this brilliant book he has selected and illustrated his favourite comic verse, making it pure entertainment for nonsense-lovers of all ages. His unique style of drawing brings a new perspective to every poem. Classic writers such as Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear are combined with more contemporary talents such as Roger McGough, Margaret Mahy and Russell Hoban. With fifteen wonderfully absurd sections, including Distracting Creatures, Sticky Ends, I Wish I Were a Jelly Fish, A Recipe for Indigestion and Chortling and Galumphing, here is a delightful collection of the topsy-turvy, the fantastical, the anarchic, the illogical and the utterly wonderful.

Simpkin is a mass of contradictions. He can be naughty and nice; fast and slow; thin and fat and sensible and silly - ALL at the same time! And when you really need him most - he''s nowhere to be found. . . .

Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka''s mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in their own way.

When eccentric Professor Dupont tries to track down his troupe of brightly-coloured cockatoos, they''re always just one step ahead of him. This counting book won the 1992 Smarties Children''s Choice Award. ''Professor Dupont is the proud owner of ten troublesome cockatoos. When his "feathered friends" as he calls them, escape one fine morning, the subsequent hide and seek makes a wonderfully enjoyable story'' - DAILY MAIL ''Cockatoos must be the funniest and subtlest counting book, so funny you can''t count anyway. Irresistibly daft, devastatingly droll'' - THE GUARDIAN ''There has never been, and probably never will be, a counting book as funny and delightful as this... one of the best picture books of this, or any other, year'' - BOOKS FOR YOUR CHILDREN Quentin Blake was appointed the First Children''s Laureate in 1999.

Relates the adventures of Great Aunt Gertrude and her dancing frog as they travel the world and gain fame and fortune.

Rhyming text and illustrations depict objects for each letter of the alphabet, from apples and breakfast in bed to a hairy yak and plenty of zippers.

Relates the misadventures of Miss Armitage as she makes increasingly complicated modifications of her bicycle.

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches'' plot to destroy the world''s children by turning them into mice. "The Witches" is a 1984 New York Times Book Review Notable Children''s Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year.

Poems of the absurd accompanied by the illustrator Quentin Blake.

An illustrated selection of some less familiar nursery rhymes, including those about Gregory Griggs of the twenty-seven wigs and Terence McDiddler the three-stringed fiddler.

One way up you have the marvellous Mister Magnolia. The other way up rejoice in the rhyme of Angelica Sprocket and her amazing pockets."

"Rien n''est plus délicieux qu''un enfant !" dit l''énorme crocodile. Heureusement, ce n''est pas facile pour un crocodile de trouver un enfant à manger lorsque les autres animaux de la forêt s''en mêlent. Dès 5 ans.