One of the many cover illustrations created by Quentin for Roald Dahl’s classic story, showing Charlie Bucket, his Golden Ticket, and the quixotic Mr Willy Wonka.

These two figures enjoying cooling ice lollies were chosen by Quentin as typical inhabitants of Hastings to occupy a parallel underwater world in his 2015 exhibition at the Jerwood Gallery. There were 24 different subjects in total in the exhibition, ranging from day-trippers to sunbathers, Morris Dancers to wine tasters.

This portrait of Roald Dahl, standing in his garden at Gipsy House, with hills in the background and his characters gathered around him, appeared on the cover of the original Dahl Diary, the last thing Dahl was working on before he died in 1990.

Commissioned by musician James Blake for his 2016 album, released on CD and vinyl, this image appeared on the inner sleeve of the vinyl album.

A major refurbishment of the children’s library at London’s French Institute in 2015 saw the Library re-dedicated in Quentin’s honour, and a new wall hanging commissioned to enliven the space for young visitors and their families.

Michael Rosen’s classic poem about dustbins and dogs, from 1981. ‘You Can’t Catch Me’ is now in an omnibus edition with ‘Don’t Put Mustard in the Custard’ - mixed up into an enticing blend of pictures and poetry in ‘Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly & Gravy’.

Roald Dahl's Matilda (first published in 1988) has since become a film, and now a hit stage-show - for which Quentin designed the Crunchem Hall school badge for the children's uniforms.

In this classic children’s book by Russell Hoban, Quentin had to draw the many different monsters that peopled John’s imagination - but in a style that looked as though they were drawn by a child. He also found many different types of paper to draw on, to show how John drew on every piece of paper he could find.

Michael Rosen’s book about bereavement, written following the death of his teenage son, Eddie, started out as an email from Michael to his publisher. But, Michael says, “Quentin didn't illustrate it, he 'realized' it. He turned the text into a book and as a result showed me back to myself. No writer could ask and get more than that."
Original artwork from Sad Book are in the exhibition ‘Quentin Blake: Inside Stories’ which is touring the UK until late 2017.

Roald Dahl's Mr and Mrs Twit are now playing their vile tricks on each other in a specially-tinted colour edtion, published by Puffin Books in 2010.

Original artwork from the book features in the exhibition ‘Quentin Blake: Inside Stories’, which is touring the UK until 2017.

‘Danny the Champion of the World’ was one of Roald Dahl’s books which Quentin illustrated several years after the author’s death in 1990. Here, Danny’s father celebrates a record haul of pheasants from Hazell’s Wood.
This drawing was first published in ‘The Roald Dahl Treasury’ (1997) and the original artwork is included in the exhibition ‘Quentin Blake: Inside Stories’ which tours the UK until late 2017.