Product Description

Quentin Blake chose twenty-six famous paintings and drawings and then added his own drawings of a lively family whose comments help the reader notice what's special about each work of art.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12124 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .41" h x 9.80" w x 9.82" l, 1.29 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

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• Mint Condition
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Review
The exhibition at the National Gallery which accompanied this book was ground breaking in allowing the viewer to explore pictures, unhindered by verbal instruction or preconceptions about the context in which they should be seen. The mixture of gallery paintings and book exhibitions displayed alphabetically would never normally be seen together and in the book, as in the gallery, we are simply led through the alphabet from Avercamp to Zwerger by the comments of chatty, curious children. (Books for Keeps )

About the Author
Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved illustrators of our time, and his books with a wide range of authors, including Joan Aiken, Russell Hoban, Michael Rosen and Roald Dahl, have been treasured by generations of children throughout the world. In 1999 he became the first Children's Laureate. In 2005 he was awarded a CBE.

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