Quentin Blake's ABC

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Author:

Blake, Quentin

Compiled by:

BookSource Staff,

ISBN:

978-0-606-31770-2

Publication Date:

Feb 2014

Publisher:

Turtleback

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

USD $24.50

Book Description:

'A is for Apples, some green and some red, B is for Breakfast we're having in bed.' With a simple rhyming text and characteristically brilliant illustrations, this title is suitable for young children just getting to grips with their alphabet.

Book Details

Detailed Subjects:

Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Stories In Verse
Juvenile Nonfiction / Concepts / Alphabet

Author Biography

Blake, Quentin (Author)

Award-winning illustrator and children's author, Quentin Blake was born in 1932.

His first drawings were published in "Punch" when he was 16. He has illustrated almost 300 titles some in collaboration with famous writers such as Russell Hoban, John Yeoman and Roald Dahl. He is the creator of characters such as Mister Magnolia and Mrs. Armitage.

His works have earned him numerous awards including the Whitbread Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award, the Bologna Ragazzi Prize, and in 2002 the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. In 1999, he was selected as the First Children's Laureate.

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