Snuff

Description

'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...

Promotion info

A marvellous tale of quick-wittedness - one of Quentin Blake's first picture books now reissued to be enjoyed by a whole new generation of children...

Author description

Born in 1932, Quentin Blake has been drawing ever since he can remember and has always made his living as an illustrator. He has also taught, and for ten years was Head of the Illustration department at the Royal College of Art. He was made the first Children's Laureate in 1999, and has won the Whitbread Award, the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration and the Kate Greenaway Medal among others.