Quentin Blake

Mister Magnolia has only one boot - he has an old trumpet, two sisters, a pond, green parakeets, some fat owls, a scooter, a swimming pool; he's a juggler, a general, the owner of a dinosaur... But only one boot - until a wonderful parcel arrives with the most glamorous boot you ever saw. QB has created a wonderfully lovable comic character which will crease every child with laughter.

First published in hardback in 1980, a humorous story with rhyming text about Mr Magnolia whose life is a happy one, except that he has only one boot. Then he receives a mysterious parcel and his life is changed. Illustrated in colour.

Mrs Armitage sets off for a quiet cycle with her faithful dog, Breakspear, but she just can't help thinking of ways to improve her bicycle. Before very long she has added three very loud horns, a bucket of water to wash her hands, a complete tool kit. And by the time she has also added a seat for Breakspear, two umbrellas, a cassette player and a mouth-organ, Mrs Armitage is riding a very eye...

Миссис Бампс с виду вполне серьёзная дама, но на самом деле она неугомонная чудачка и выдумщица. Посудите сами: однажды она отправилась на велосипедную прогулку и умудрилась за время пути превратить свой самый обычный велосипед в настоящий дом на колёсах. Как ей это удалось? Очень просто: сначала миссис Бампс решила, что её велосипеду необходим новый звучный клаксон. И купила целых три. Потом ей п...

Mrs Armitage buys a bicycle and finds that it needs all sorts of accessories she hadn't anticipated - a pail of water for washing hands, a tool box and a sail for making it go faster. The sail makes it go so fast that it crashes, and she ends up with a pair of roller skates instead.

Two children find the Green Ship when they climb over the wall into what is more like a forest than a garden. The ship has bushes for bows and stern and its funnels are trees; a small garden shed on an ancient stump is the wheel house and in command of the ship is the owner of the garden, old Mrs Tredegar. Throughout the summer she and the Bosun and the two children sail the Seven Seas visiting ex...

* INTERNATIONAL BOLOGNA RAGAZZI AWARD WINNER 1996 * SMARTIES BOOK PRIZE CATEGORY WINNER 1996 * KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL SHORTLIST TITLE 1996 'Missing: a speedy little clown with carroty fingers, blue and white trainers, a green peaked cap and saucer shaped eyes. Have you seen him anywhere?'

Clown finds himself thrown head-first into a dustbin with an assortment of other discarded toys. Bravely, he takes charge of his fate and goes off in search of help. The story unfolds without words in a fast-moving series of Blake's characteristically idiosyncratic illustrations.

Mister Magnolia has only one boot - he has an old trumpet, two sisters, a pond, green parakeets, some fat owls, a scooter, a swimming pool; he's a juggler, a general, the owner of a dinosaur... But only one boot - until a wonderful parcel arrives with the most glamorous boot you ever saw. QB has created a wonderfully lovable comic character which will crease every child with laughter.

First published in hardback in 1980, a humorous story with rhyming text about Mr Magnolia whose life is a happy one, except that he has only one boot. Then he receives a mysterious parcel and his life is changed. Illustrated in colour.

Mrs Armitage sets off for a quiet cycle with her faithful dog, Breakspear, but she just can't help thinking of ways to improve her bicycle. Before very long she has added three very loud horns, a bucket of water to wash her hands, a complete tool kit. And by the time she has also added a seat for Breakspear, two umbrellas, a cassette player and a mouth-organ, Mrs Armitage is riding a very eye...

Миссис Бампс с виду вполне серьёзная дама, но на самом деле она неугомонная чудачка и выдумщица. Посудите сами: однажды она отправилась на велосипедную прогулку и умудрилась за время пути превратить свой самый обычный велосипед в настоящий дом на колёсах. Как ей это удалось? Очень просто: сначала миссис Бампс решила, что её велосипеду необходим новый звучный клаксон. И купила целых три. Потом ей п...

Mrs Armitage buys a bicycle and finds that it needs all sorts of accessories she hadn't anticipated - a pail of water for washing hands, a tool box and a sail for making it go faster. The sail makes it go so fast that it crashes, and she ends up with a pair of roller skates instead.