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. Quentin was the inaugural Children's Laureate (1999-2001), an experience he recorded in his book Laureate's Progress. In the most recent New Year’s Honours list he has been knighted. 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. 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. 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. Price: £6.Quentin Blake was born in 1932 and read English at Cambridge, before attending Chelsea Art College. PM Purple: Town Mouse and Country Mouse (PM Traditional Tales and Plays) Levels 19, 20 gbp prices.The Oxford Treasury of Nursery Rhymes gbp prices.Songbirds Phonics: More Level 4 Pack x 6 gbp pricesġ1 books Ancient Romans Topic Pack gbp pricesġ9 books Families and Home Life KS2 Pack gbp prices.A Monster Calls (Non-Illustrated Edition)Ĥ books Big Cat Readers Book Band Pink B x 4 gbp pricesĤ books Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds: Book Band Yellow Pack x 4 gbp pricesĦ copies The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch x 6Ĥ books Big Cat Readers Book Band Pink Pack A gbp prices.1 Storyteller, Roald Dahl Premiers reading challenge, 5-6 Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux London: Jonathan Cape, 1983 Accelerated Reader AR MG 4. Project X Origins: My Home Pack x 5 (Book Band Pink) gbp prices A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches plot to destroy the worlds children by turning them into mice The Worlds No.You have earned 4 stars of a maximum 5 (1) gbp prices In 2009 the Roald Dahl Funny Prize was established in his memory.Ħ copies Baby Aliens: The Spy Who Loved School Dinners x 6ģ0 copies Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear x 30ģ0 copies Baby Aliens: The Spy Who Loved School Dinners x 30ģ0 copies The Great Hamster Massacre x 30ģ0 copies Atticus Claw Breaks the Law x 30Ħ copies Future Ratboy and the Invasion of the Nom Noms x 6 You can even visit the Roald Dahl Museum in the village where Dahl lived for most of his life. His books have continued to be read and loved, and have been made into a number of hit films, including Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He died in hospital in Oxford, on November 23rd, 1990. His mesmerising stories, written in sizzling, sparkly language, will lead you into adventures you’ll never ever forget!įrom 1945 until his death, he lived at Gipsy House, in Buckinghamshire, where he wrote his famous children’s books. He wrote a number of books and short stories for adults, many of which were televised as the hugely popular Tales of the Unexpected.īut it was as a children’s author that he found greatest fame and satisfaction, saying “I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers…Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.” Millions of fans around the world agreed and have chuckled and gasped at his amazing stories. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of the President of the USA liked it so much he was invited to the White House and became friends with the President, Franklin D Roosevelt. The Witches is a British children's dark fantasy novel by the British writer Roald Dahl.The story is set partly in Norway and partly in England, and features the experiences of a young English boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country. His very first children’s book, written in 1943 was called The Gremlins. After the war he worked in America, and soon started writing stories. In the second world war he fought as a fighter pilot, and was badly injured when his plane crashed. His first job was in Africa, with the Shell Oil Company. He went to Repton school, in Derbyshire, and left school in 1933. His parents were Norwegian, and were called Harald and Sofie. Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, South Wales on September 13th 1916.