Angelica Sprocket's Pockets

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He is also the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration and in 1990 was voted 'The Illustrator's Illustrator' by Observer Magazine.

The images have been taken from original watercolours from some of Quentin Blakes’s most loved picture books.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Además, al tener textos cortos, mi hija (que está aprendiendo a leer en inglés) puede leer alguna frase por sí misma, aportando un poco más de diversión.

He has won many major prizes for illustration, including the Kate Greenaway Medal (1980) and the Red House Children's Book Award (1981) for Mister Magnolia. Quentin Blake shows he is still a master of his craft in Angelica Sprocket's Pockets , which contains everything from kitchen sinks to alligators. A tireless promoter of children's literature – and a long-time collaborator with roald Dahl – Quentin Blake was awarded the OBE in 1988 and in 2005 he was awarded a CBE for services to Children's Literature. Limited to a production of 90 and numbered in pencil but not signed, this print is supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity, and is presented in a double bevelled conservation mount. All my grandchildren love it even the older ones, and it makes the perfect present for self reading or being read to.

He has won many prizes, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal, and in 1999 he was appointed the first Children’s Laureate. Prepare to be surprised, thrilled and tickled pink by Angelica Sprocket's never-ending pockets, and the marvellous things she keeps in them! We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The storyline is entertaining with good use of rhyming language and the drawings are just brilliant. Angelica’s small chums are enchanted by the contents which include mice, cheese, hankies, frying pans, umbrellas and much more.

During his time in the role, he celebrated children's books and children's book illustration with a range of projects and exhibitions, and conceived the idea for the House of Illustration, the world's first centre dedicated to the art of illustration in all its forms. I think she will continue to enjoy this book for a few years to come, eventually joining in with the story as we read. He taught illustration for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, of which he is an honorary professor.Please Note: The edition number shown in the thumbnail above is not necessarily the one which is available . You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.