Quentin Blake
1) Cockatoos
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
The reader may find Professor Dupont's hiding cockatoos in the illustrations of his house, but the professor needs to correct the problem that caused his ten pets to hide in the first place.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Laugh-out-loud funny, totally chaotic, and utterly delightful?Tim, Sam, and Lulu are the mischievous and naughty three little monkeys who are told each day to be good while Hilda goes off to do her errands. And each day, Hilda returns home to find a bigger mess than the day before. These mischievous monkeys will likely never learn to behave!
4) The BFG
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts a plan with him to save the world from other man-gobbling giants in this live-action film heading to the theaters in July.
5) Matilda
Author
Language
English
Description
This collectable hardcover edition will feature a beautiful cover and deluxe packaging, including blue interior text and illustrations! From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ?and The BFG comes the story of girl with extraordinary abilities. Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror...
11) The witches
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When one serious, well-behaved young black cat named Miss Catherine St. Quintin -- or Kitty for short -- decides to go a-hunting, she gets much more of an adventure than she had anticipated. In a tale dotted with familiar faces from Beatrix Potter's other classic tales such as Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Tod, Miss Kitty quickly finds that hunting is dangerous as she goes from predator to prey.
14) Ace Dragon Ltd
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
John goes for a ride in the sky on Ace Dragon's back and finds him not so limited after all.
16) Nonstop nonsense
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
1989, c1977
Language
English
Description
A collection of whimsical stories and poems about such creatures as a word wizard, a poetical cat, and a very small ghost who lives inside a book.
19) Animal sounds
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Roar and oink your animal sounds with Roald Dahl! From monkeys to lions, this board book is a great way to teach our littlest readers the silly sounds that animals make. With art by Quentin Blake from Roald Dahl's classic books, this book is perfect for libraries, the youngest classrooms, and baby shower gifts to start a child's bookshelf.