Vive nos vieux jours! Illustrated by Quentin Blake

Quentin’s French publishers, Gallimard Jeunesse, had to invent a new imprint ‘Gallimard Vieillesse’ especially for this life-enhancing book. It features Quentin’s drawings made originally for the patients of Kershaw Ward (South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre) plus some brand new ones and will delight people of every age.

Published by Gallimard Jeunesse

 

 

  
The Rights of the Reader
   The Rights of the Reader, by Daniel Pennac, illustrated by Quentin Blake
First published in 1992, Daniel Pennac's The Rights of the Reader was a best-seller in France. Drawing on his experiences as a child, a parent and an inner-city teacher in Paris, Pennac reflects on the power of story and on how we learn to read - what helps us and what gets in the way. He reminds us of our right to read anything, anywhere, at any time, so long as we are enjoying ourselves. A sympathetic and witty guide, it is also a work of literature in its own right. This new translation is by award-winning translator Sarah Adams and Quentin Blake illustrates and introduces the work.
Published by Walker Books


 

 

  

Feeling Good! Easy Steps to Staying Healthy by Dr Alan Maryon Davies, with illustrations by Quentin Blake

A book for everyone who wants to stay happy and healthy as they get older. All profits from its sales go to Age Concern.

Published by Age Concern Books

 

 

 

 

 

  

On Angel Wings by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Quentin Blake
One cold Christmas night, a shepherd recounts the magical story of how he came to be the first visitor to the newborn Christ child - ahead of the other shepherds, and in complete secret.
A poignant re-working of the nativity story, with rich human detail perfectly complemented by Quentin Blake's watercolour illustrations.
Published by Egmont Press


  
 

The Life of Birds
Hardback 
'I seem to have difficulty keeping birds out of my books, from my illustrated version of Aristophanes' "The Birds" to John Yeoman's "Featherbrains" to Roald Dahl's "The Magic Finger"...
The pictures in The Life of Birds are bigger, broader and more sombre, but no less lively than Quentin Blake’s much-loved children’s book illustrations. Here he follows in the path of the great illustrators, such as Daumier and Lear, and fabulists like Aesop and La Fontaine. His wonderfully acute observations of how birds behave become a commentary –kindly but penetrating – on human nature.
Published by Doubleday