Sir Quentin Blake is a best-selling illustrator and author-illustrator of more than three hundred books, including many by Roald Dahl. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Kate Greenaway, a Bologna Ragazzi Award, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. In 1999, Blake was named the first Children's Laureate of the United Kingdom. In 2004, he was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for services to literature and in 2007 he was made Officier in the same order. In 2014 he was admitted to the Legion d'Honneur, an honor accorded to few people who are not French nationals. He lives in England and France.
"While the story is told with Blake's characteristic lighthearted
charm and the illustrations are rife with comic detail, the issue
of love that stifles rather than saves is handled with
sensitivity."—School Library Journal
"In the hands of a master like Blake, this relationship between an
unconventional woman and a young bird, unmediated by softening
agents, feels real and good and weird. . . . Add Blake's
idiosyncratic watercolors, which inspire affection and sympathy,
and you have the rare eccentric/endearment nexus that emits its own
strange wonderful light."—Kirkus Reviews
★ "Blake's images of Angela fretting and fawning over her beloved
bird are hilarious, revealing a range of exaggerated expressions on
the face of the wild-eyed critter, who seems to know exactly how
ludicrous he looks. . . . Appealingly offbeat, this droll tale is
classic Blake."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
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