A sequel to "The Quentin Blake Book of Nonsense Verse", this is a collection of nonsense stories. Classic stories, which include extracts from Roald Dahl, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear and Margaret Mahy are combined with some less well-known material.
Sir Quentin Saxby Blake is an English cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and children's writer. He has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by Roald Dahl, which are among his most popular works. 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. From 1999 to 2001, he was the inaugural British Children's Laureate. He is a patron of the Association of Illustrators.