Quentin Blake

Mrs. Armitage and her dog Breakspear head out surfing, but each time they paddle out they think of another outlandish thing they need.

The reader may find Professor Dupont's hiding cockatoos in the illustrations of his house, but the professor needs to correct the problem that caused his ten pets to hide in the first place.

A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team composed of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.

The vicar's speech impediment leads to holy hysteria in an otherwise quiet country parish.

A boy, indulgent of his grandfather's story of being whisked away as a young shepherd by the angel Gabriel to visit the baby Jesus on the night of the infant's birth, decides to record the tale when he receives proof that it is true.

When Megafright International flattens their beautiful mountain to put up a hi-tech plastic theme park, the O'Saurus family uses faith and lots of Monsta-Gloo to put things right.

Four adventures of Arabel and her pet raven Mortimer: "Mortimer Says Nothing," "Arabel's Birthday," "Mr. Jone's Rest Cure," and "A Call at the Joneses'."

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

Relates various adventures of Uncle, the millionaire elephant, who rules over the kingdom of Homeward while wearing a purple dressing gown.

The enormous crocodile devises secret plans and a few clever tricks to secure his lunch only to have them foiled by his neighbors.