Snuff: Part of the BBC?s Quentin Blake?s Box of Treasures (Quentin Blake Classic)

Blake, Quentin

ISBN 10: 1849410488 / ISBN 13: 9781849410489

Published by Red Fox, 2010

About this Item

"Snuff, at this rate it will be a very long time before we make a knight out of you." Snuff can't wait to be a knight and have lots of adventures, but Sir Thomas Magpie despairs of him - Snuff just doesn't always get things right. But when the bootmaker is raided by thieves, Snuff might just have an idea of how to save the day. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: YBCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 286 x 4. Weight in Grams: 202. . 2010. UK ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781849410489

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Snuff: Part of the BBC?s Quentin Blake?s Box of Treasures (Quentin Blake Classic)
• Publisher: Red Fox
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849410488
• ISBN 13: 9781849410489
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Can Snuff's great idea save the day? A marvelous tale of creativity and quick-wittedness from the nation's favorite illustrator, Quentin Blake.

Snuff dreams of being a brave and noble knight. But no matter how hard Sir Thomas Magpie tries to teach him, Snuff just can't seem to get anything right!

The one day the Bootmaker gets raided by thieves, and Snuff might just have a clever idea to save the day - in his own unique and creative way!

"Blake is beyond brilliant . . . I've never met a child who doesn't love Quentin Blake" - Daily Telegraph

Quentin Blake is one of Britain's best-loved and most successful author-illustrators, and was made the first Children's Laureate in 1999. He has won the Whitbread Award, the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, and the Kate Greenaway Medal. among others.

About the Author

Quentin Blake has been drawing ever since he can remember. He taught illustration for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, of which he is an honorary professor. 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. In the 2013 New Year’s Honours List he was knighted for services to illustration.