Cockatoos

Author(s): Quentin Blake

Picture Books

When eccentric Professor Dupont tries to track down his troupe of brightly-coloured cockatoos, they're always just one step ahead of him. This counting book won the 1992 Smarties Children's Choice Award.

General Information

  • : 9780099964902
  • : Random House Children's Publishers UK
  • : Red Fox
  • : 0.16
  • : 01 February 1994
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Quentin Blake
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
  • : Quentin Blake
  • : English
  • : 823.914
  • : 32
  • : YBC
  • : Col.ill.

More About The Product

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.