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{{Short description|British cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer (born 1932)}}
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| name             = Sir Quentin Blake
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| birth_name       = Quentin Saxby Blake
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1932|12|16|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Sidcup]], [[Kent]], England
| field            = Illustration
| training         = {{ubl | [[Downing College, Cambridge]] | [[Chelsea School of Art]] }}
| awards           = {{awards|[[Kate Greenaway Medal]]|1980}} {{awards|[[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] for Illustration |2002}}
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'''Sir Quentin Saxby Blake''' (born 16 December 1932) is an English cartoonist, [[caricature|caricaturist]], illustrator and [[children's literature|children's writer]]. He has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by [[Roald Dahl]], which are among his most popular works.{{efn|name=dahl}} For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator he won the biennial international [[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] in 2002, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books.<ref name=ibby2002/><ref name=ibby-blake/> From 1999 to 2001, he was the inaugural British [[Children's Laureate]].<ref name=laureate/> He is a patron of the [[Association of Illustrators]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaoi.com/about.php|title=The Association of Illustrators|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712103223/http://www.theaoi.com/about.php|archive-date=12 July 2016}}</ref>

==Early life==
Blake was born on 16 December 1932 in [[Sidcup]], [[Kent]], son of William and Evelyn Blake. His father was a civil servant, and his mother a housewife.<ref>Contemporary Authors, ed. Scot Peacock, Cengage Gale, 2002, p. 72</ref><ref>People of Today, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 2006, p. 152</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/quentin-blake-roald-dahl-different-sort-person/ | title=Quentin Blake: 'Roald Dahl was a very different sort of person from me' | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=18 December 2021 | last1=Blake | first1=Quentin }}</ref> Blake was [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|evacuated to the West Country]] during the [[Second World War]]. He attended Holy Trinity [[Lamorbey]] Church of England Primary School and [[Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School]], where his English teacher, J. H. Walsh, influenced his life's work.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Questions and Answers {{!}} Quentin Blake |url=https://www.quentinblake.com/meet-qb/questions-and-answers |access-date=20 July 2022 |website=quentinblake.com}}</ref> 

Blake’s artistic development during his school years was helped by contact with the painter and cartoonist Alfred Jackson, the husband of Blake's Latin teacher, who encouraged his first submissions to ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'', resulting in his first publication at the age of 16. In the sixth form, the school's art teacher, the painter [[Stanley Simmonds]], recognized Blake's talents and provided support and exposure to the work of other artists.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kenyon|first=Ghislane|title=Quentin Blake: In the Theatre of the Imagination: An Artist at Work| publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2016 |location=London|isbn=978-1441130075|page=68}}</ref> 

Blake read English Literature at [[Downing College, Cambridge]], under [[F. R. Leavis]], from 1953 to 1956, received his postgraduate teaching diploma from the University of London [[Institute of Education]], and later studied part-time at the [[Chelsea School of Art]] and later [[Camberwell College of Art]].<ref>The International Who's Who, 1996-97, Gale Group, Europa Publications, p. 162</ref> He has since denied that studying at the University of Cambridge contributed to his artistic or creative talent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/interviews/0030965-interview-quentin-blake.html|title=Interview:Quentin Blake|work=The Cambridge Student|date=6 November 2013 }}</ref>

==Career==
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During the 1960s, Blake taught English at the [[Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle|Lycée Français de Londres]] which cemented his long association with France and culminated in the award of the [[Legion of Honour]]. He taught at the [[Royal College of Art]] for over twenty years, where he was head of the Illustration department from 1978 to 1986.

The first book that Blake illustrated was ''The Wonderful Button'' by [[Evan Hunter]], published by Abelard-Schuman in 1961.<ref name=button>[https://archive.today/20121212060652/http://lccn.loc.gov/61013321 "The wonderful button"] (first edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-08-27.<!-- his earliest work in this catalog --></ref> In his subsequent career, he gained a reputation as a loyal, reliable and humorous illustrator of more than 300 [[children's literature|children's books]], including some written by [[Joan Aiken]], [[Elizabeth Bowen]], [[Sylvia Plath]], [[Roald Dahl]], [[Nils-Olof Franzén]], [[William Steig]], and [[Dr. Seuss]]. He illustrated the first Seuss book that Seuss did not illustrate himself, ''[[Great Day for Up!]]'' (1974).<ref name="great day for up">{{cite book | title=Great Day for Up! | publisher=[[Beginner Books]] | author=Dr. Seuss | author-link=Dr. Seuss | year=1974 | oclc=902800}}</ref>

By 2006, Blake had illustrated 323 books, of which he had written 35 and Dahl had written 18.<!--see TALK#Roald Dahl--><ref name=bibliog/>{{efn|name=dahl}} To date, Blake has illustrated two of [[David Walliams]]' books and has illustrated [[Folio Society]] Limited Editions such as ''Don Quixote'', ''Candide'' and ''50 Fables of [[Jean de La Fontaine|La Fontaine]]''.

In the 1970s, Blake was an occasional presenter of the [[BBC]] children's storytelling programme ''[[Jackanory]]'', when he would illustrate the stories on a canvas as he was telling them. In 1993, he designed the five British [[Christmas stamp|Christmas issue postage stamps]] featuring episodes from ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]].

Blake is a member of the [[Chelsea Arts Club]].<ref name="chelseasecretaryresigns">{{cite news|title=Chelsea Arts Club secretary signs off with 'lunatic' plea|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/chelsea-arts-club-secretary-signs-off-with-lunatic-plea-8455702.html|access-date=15 February 2017|work=London Evening Standard|date=17 January 2013}}</ref> He is patron of the Blake Society, [[Downing College]]'s arts and humanities society. He is also a patron of "The [[Big Draw]]"<ref>[http://www.thebigdraw.org.uk/ The Campaign for Drawing]. ''thebigdraw.org.uk''.</ref> which aims to get people drawing throughout the United Kingdom, and of The Nightingale Project, a charity that provides art to hospitals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nightingaleproject.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514065851/http://www.nightingaleproject.org/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=14 May 2008 |title=The Nightingale Project |publisher=The Nightingale Project |access-date=16 July 2012}}</ref> Since 2006 he has produced work for several hospitals and mental health centres in the London area, a children's hospital ([[Hôpital Armand-Trousseau|hopital Armand Trousseau]]) in Paris, and a maternity hospital in Angers, France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quentinblake.com/ |title=Quentin Blake – Home |publisher=Quentin Blake |date=18 October 2011 |access-date=16 July 2012}}</ref> These projects are detailed in Blake's 2012 book ''Quentin Blake: Beyond the Page'', which describes how, in his seventies, his work has increasingly appeared outside the pages of books, in public places such as hospitals, theatre foyers, galleries and museums.<ref>[http://shop.tate.org.uk/books/beyond-the-page/invt/13327/ Quentin Blake: Beyond the Page, 2012, Tate Publishing].</ref> In 2007, he designed a huge mural on fabric, suspended over and thus disguising a ramshackle building immediately opposite an entrance to [[St Pancras railway station]]. The rendering of an "imaginary welcoming committee" greets passengers arriving on the [[Eurostar]] high-speed railway.<ref>[http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article3081841.ece "Cover-up! Quentin Blake drafted in to hide 'unsightly' buildings"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023051608/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article3081841.ece |date=23 October 2007 }}. Richard Osley. ''The Independent''. 21 October 2007.</ref>

Blake is a supporter of and ambassador for the indigenous rights NGO [[Survival International]]. In 2009, he said, "For me, Survival is important for two reasons; one is that I think {{not a typo|it’s}} right that we should give help and support to people who are threatened by the rapacious industrial society we have created; and the other that, more generally, it gives an important signal about how we all ought to be looking after the world. Its message is the most fundamental of any charity I'm connected with."<ref>[http://assets.survivalinternational.org/documents/319/annual_report_2010.pdf "2010 Annual Report"]. Survival International.</ref>

Blake is the Founding Trustee of [[House of Illustration]], a centre in London for exhibitions, educational events and activities related to the art of illustration. He was also the subject of the first exhibition at this venue, entitled Inside Stories", which opened in July 2014. In August 2020, it was announced that the centre will be relocating to the 18th century Engine House at [[New River Head]] in the [[Clerkenwell]] area of London, and will be renamed the ''Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration''.<ref name=hoiqbci>{{cite web |url=http://www.houseofillustration.org.uk/about/the-quentin-blake-centre-for-illustration |title=The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration |publisher=House of Illustration |access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>

Besides children's books, Blake is also the designer of Ben, the logo of the shop chain [[Ben's Cookies]].<ref name="Quentin Blake">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/blake_quentin.htm|title=Quentin Blake|website=lambiek.net|access-date=April 19, 2021}}</ref> He designed several illustrations for the story time segments for the Scottish TV series ''[[Squeak!]]''.

In 2023, Blake was asked by ''[[Blue Peter]]'' to design a new ''[[Blue Peter badge]]'' which they have called their Book badge.

==Personal life==
Blake has never been married and has no children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quentin Blake: 'I never wanted children. But I do invent them.' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9646192/Quentin-Blake-I-never-wanted-children.-But-I-do-invent-them..html |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=5 November 2012 }}</ref> He lives in [[South Kensington]], [[West London]], and has another house in [[Hastings]], [[East Sussex]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Standard |first=Kate Church, Evening |date=2012-04-13 |title=My London: Quentin Blake |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/my-london-quentin-blake-7287345.html |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Quentin Blake: 'Spend time with children? Good God, no' {{!}} Children and teenagers {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/29/inside-the-magical-world-of-quentin-blake |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=amp.theguardian.com|date=29 February 2020 }}</ref>

==Comics==
Blake was additionally the artist behind the comic strip ''Waldo and Wanda'', written by John Yeoman.<ref name="Quentin Blake"/>

==Selected works== <!-- 323 listings include 35 with Author1=Blake, three Blake (ed.), one Author2=Blake (foreword) -->
The following books were both written and illustrated by Blake:<ref name=bibliog>[http://www.quentinblake.com/books/search.php "Bibliography: A complete searchable bibliography of books illustrated or authored and illustrated by Quentin Blake"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116213301/http://www.quentinblake.com/books/search.php |date=16 January 2012 }}. Quentin Blake : Books : Bibliography (quentinblake.com). Archived 16 January 2012 (without search function). Retrieved 2013-09-28.</ref><ref>[http://www.quentinblake.com/en/books/quentin-blake "Books by Quentin Blake"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724063509/http://www.quentinblake.com/en/books/quentin-blake |date=24 July 2012 }} (incomplete; no list). Quentin Blake.</ref>
* ''Patrick'' ([[Jonathan Cape]], 1968)
*''Jack and Nancy'' (Cape, 1969)
* ''Angelo'' (Cape, 1970)
* ''Snuff'' (Cape, 1973)
* ''Lester at the Seaside'' ([[William Collins, Sons]], 1975)
* ''Lester and the Unusual Pet'' (Collins, 1975)
* ''The Adventures of Lester'' ([[BBC]], 1977)
* ''Mister Magnolia'' (Cape, 1980) —winner of the [[Kate Greenaway Medal]]<ref name=medal1980/>
* ''Quentin Blake's Nursery Rhyme Book'' (Cape, 1983)
* ''The Story of the Dancing Frog'' (Cape, 1984)
* ''Mrs Armitage On Wheels'' (Cape, 1987)
* ''Quentin Blake's ABC'' (Cape, 1989)
* ''All Join In'' (Cape, 1990) —winner of the [[Kurt Maschler Award]] for integrated text and illustration<ref name=bizland/>
* ''Cockatoos'' (Cape, 1992)
* ''Simpkin'' (Cape, 1993)
* ''The Quentin Blake Book of Nonsense Verse'' ([[Viking Press]], 1994)
* ''Clown'' (Cape, 1995) —commended runner-up for the Greenaway Medal<ref name=ccsu/>{{efn |name=HC}}
* ''La Vie de la Page'' ([[Gallimard]], 1995)
* ''Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave'' (Cape, 1997)
* ''Dix Grenouilles (Ten Frogs)'' (Gallimard, 1997)
* ''The Green Ship'' (Cape, 1998)
* ''Zagazoo'' (Cape, 1998)
* ''Zap! The Quentin Blake Guide to Electrical Safety'' ([[Eastern Electricity]], 1998)
* ''Fantastic Daisy Artichoke'' (Cape, 1999)
* ''[[The Twelve Days of Christmas (Correspondence)]]'' ([[Atlantic Books]], 1999)
* ''The Laureate's Party'' ([[Random House]], 2000)
* ''Un Bateau Dans le Ciel'' (Rue du Monde, 2000)
* ''Words and Pictures'' (Cape, 2000)
* ''Tell Me a Picture'' ([[National Gallery]], 2001)
* ''Loveykins'' (Cape, 2002)
* ''Laureate's Progress'' (Cape, 2002)
* ''Mrs Armitage, Queen of the Road'' (Cape, 2003)
* ''A Sailing Boat In The Sky'' (Random House: Red Fox, 2003)
* ''Angel Pavement'' (Cape, 2004)
* ''You're Only Young Twice'' ([[Andersen Press]], 2008)
* ''Daddy Lost his Head'' (Andre Bouchard, 2009)
* ''Quentin Blake: Beyond the Page'' ([[Tate Publishing Ltd]], 2012)
* "The Box of Delights; or, When the Wolves Were Running" John Masefield, Illustrated by Quentin Blake (Farshore, 2014)

Blake has illustrated a score of books by Roald Dahl.{{efn |name=dahl}}

He also illustrated the British edition of [[Agaton Sax]], a [[Swedish language|Swedish-language]] series of comedy detective novels by [[Nils-Olof Franzén]] (originally illustrated by Åke Lewerth, 1955 to 1978).
* ''Agaton Sax and the Diamond Thieves'', 1965
* ''Agaton Sax and the Scotland Yard Mystery'', 1969
* ''Agaton Sax and the Max Brothers'' (a.k.a. Bank Robbers), 1970
* ''Agaton Sax and the Criminal Doubles'', 1971
* ''Agaton Sax and the Colossus of Rhodes'', 1972
* ''Agaton Sax and the London Computer Plot'', 1973
* ''Agaton Sax and the League of Silent Exploders'', 1974
* ''Agaton Sax and the Haunted House'', 1975
* ''Agaton Sax and the Big Rig (extended)'', 1976
* ''Agaton Sax and Lispington's Grandfather Clock'', 1978
;Other
* ''The Learning Journey'' —[[National Curriculum (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)|National Curriculum]], key stages 1 and 2, illustrated editions for parents
* ''Three Little Monkeys'' 2016, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark
* ''Three Little Monkeys Ride Again'' 2019, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark
* ''Three Little Monkeys at Christmas'' 2021, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark
* ''Three Little Monkeys and the Grand Hotel'' 2023, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark

==Honours and awards==
Blake was the inaugural British [[Children's Laureate]] (1999–2001)<ref name=laureate/> and was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the [[Royal Academy of Arts]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academicians|title=Prof Sir Quentin Blake CBE RDI (2001), Royal Academy of Arts, London}}</ref> He received the biennial [[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] from the [[International Board on Books for Young People]] for his career contribution to children's literature in 2002.<ref name=ibby2002/><ref name=ibby-blake/> He was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2005 New Year Honours]] for his services to children's literature. In France, he was made a Knight of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] in 2002 and elevated to Officer in 2007.<ref>[http://www.gallimard-jeunesse.fr/Auteur/Quentin-Blake Quentin Blake] – website of [[Gallimard Jeunesse]].</ref>

For ''Mister Magnolia'', which he also wrote, Blake won the 1980 [[Kate Greenaway Medal]] from the [[CILIP|Library Association]], recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject.<ref name=medal1980/> For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel of experts named it one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite.<ref name=topten/> He was also a highly commended Greenaway runner-up{{efn |name=HC}} for ''The Wild Washerwomen: A new folk tale'', by John Yeoman (1979), and a commended runner-up{{efn |name=HC}} for ''Clown'' (1995), which he wrote himself.<ref name=ccsu/> He made the Greenaway shortlist{{efn |name=HC}} for ''Zagazoo'' (1998), which he wrote, and for ''[[Sad Book]]'' (2004) by [[Michael Rosen]].

Blake won the [[Kurt Maschler Award]], or the Emil, for ''All Join In'' (Jonathan Cape, 1990), which he wrote and illustrated. The award from Maschler Publications and [[Booktrust]] annually recognised one British "work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other."<ref name=bizland/>

Blake was awarded the [[Prince Philip Designers Prize]] in 2011, and received the [[Eleanor Farjeon Award]] in November 2012. This annual award administered by Children's Book Circle recognises outstanding commitment and contribution to the world of British children's books.<ref>Williams, Charlotte (16 November 2012), [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/blake-wins-eleanor-farjeon-award.html "Blake wins Eleanor Farjeon Award"], ''[[The Bookseller]]''. Retrieved 1 January 2013.</ref> Blake was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2013 New Year Honours]] for his services to illustration.<ref name="CBE">{{cite news|title=Quentin Blake knighted in Queen's New Year honours |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20857155 |access-date=30 December 2012|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=29 December 2012}}</ref>

In March 2014, he was awarded the insignia of a [[Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur]] at a ceremony at the [[Institut Français]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unitedagents.co.uk/node/7151|title=Sir Quentin Blake awarded Legion d'Honneur – United Agents}}</ref> He is also a Companion of the [[Guild of St George]].

Blake was appointed [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]] (CH) in the [[2022 Birthday Honours]] for services to illustration.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63714|supp=y|page=B6|date=1 June 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
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==Notes==
{{notelist |notes=
{{efn |name=HC |1=
Today there are usually eight books on the Greenaway Medal shortlist.
According to CCSU, some runners-up through 2002 were Commended (from 1959) or Highly Commended (from 1974). There were 99 commendations of both kinds in 44 years including two for 1979 (Blake highly commended) and two for 1995 (one highly).
}}
{{efn |name=dahl |1=
[[WorldCat]] reports the twenty works by Blake that are most widely held by participating libraries. They are seventeen books written by Roald Dahl, ''[[Great Day for Up!]]'' by Dr. Seuss (rank 5), ''[[Sad Book|Michael Rosen's Sad Book]]'' (rank 14), and ''Wizzil'' by William Steig (rank 18).<br>
* [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-007507 "Blake, Quentin"]. WorldCat. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
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==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=medal1980>
[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=27 (Greenaway Winner 1980)]. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. [[CILIP]]. Retrieved 15 July 2012.</ref>
<ref name=ccsu>
[http://web.ccsu.edu/library/nadeau/award%20books/KateGreenaway.htm "Kate Greenaway Medal"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916192441/http://web.ccsu.edu/library/nadeau/award%20books/KateGreenaway.htm |date=16 September 2014 }}. 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. [[Central Connecticut State University]] ('''CCSU'''). Retrieved 26 June 2012.</ref>
<ref name=topten>
[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/celebration/top_tens.php?action=list "70 Years Celebration: Anniversary Top Tens"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027022418/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/celebration/top_tens.php?action=list |date=27 October 2016 }}. The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards. [[CILIP]]. Retrieved 1 July 2012.</ref>

<ref name=bizland>
[http://www.bookawards.bizland.com/kurt_maschler_award_for_children.htm "Kurt Maschler Awards"]. Book Awards. ''bizland.com''. Retrieved 16 July 2012.</ref>
<ref name=ibby2002>
[http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=395 (Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2002)]. [[International Board on Books for Young People]] ('''IBBY''').<!-- with linked speeches that are unavailable 2013-07-23 --><br>
&nbsp; [http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=273 "Hans Christian Andersen Awards"]. IBBY. Retrieved 2013-07-23.</ref>
<ref name=ibby-blake>
[http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=14769&viewmode=fullscreen&scale=3.33&rotate=&page=103 "Quentin Blake"] (pp. 108–09, by Eva Glistrup).<br> <!-- underutilized full-page profile -->
''The Hans Christian Andersen Awards, 1956–2002''. IBBY. [[Gyldendal]]. 2002. Hosted by [[Austrian Literature Online]] (''literature.at''). Retrieved 2013-07-23.</ref>
<ref name=laureate>
[http://www.childrenslaureate.org.uk/previous-laureates/quentin-blake "Quentin Blake"]. Children's Laureate (childrenslaureate.org.uk). [[Booktrust]]. Retrieved 28 September 2013.</ref>

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* D. Martin, "Quentin Blake", in Douglas Martin, ''The Telling Line: Essays On Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators'' (Julia MacRae Books, 1989), pp.&nbsp;243–263
* Quentin Blake, "Research from an illustrator's point of view", in ''Research in Illustration: Conference Proceedings Part II'' (Brighton Polytechnic) (1981), pp.&nbsp;25–61

==External links==
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* {{official website |www.quentinblake.com/ }} (current);{{cite web|url=http://www.quentinblake.com/books/search.php |title=Quentin Blake : Books : Bibliography |access-date=4 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116213301/http://www.quentinblake.com/books/search.php |archive-date=16 January 2012  }} 
* {{ISFDB name |26170 |Quentin Blake }}
* {{british council |quentin-blake}}
* [https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/blake_quentin.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia article.]

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