During his time in the role, he celebrated children's books and children's book illustration with a range of projects and exhibitions, and conceived the idea for the House of Illustration, the world's first centre dedicated to the art of illustration in all its forms. The Witches is a childrens fantasy horror novel by the British writer Roald Dahl. In a book titled The Witches, this is kind of a big deal. Its very important that you are able to identify a witch, if you ever run into one (which you. Fans responded that these witches, as the book makes. Quentin was the inaugural Children's Laureate (1999-2001), an experience he recorded in his book Laureate's Progress. Give this lady a bike and a theme song and she might as well take over for the Wicked Witch of. At the beginning of The Witches, Dahl reminds us that witches are women which drew the ire of feminists. In the most recent New Year’s Honours list he has been knighted. A tireless promoter of children's literature – and a long-time collaborator with roald Dahl – Quentin Blake was awarded the OBE in 1988 and in 2005 he was awarded a CBE for services to Children's Literature. The Witches is a rip-roaring musical version of Roald Dahl’s timeless tale, filled with wit, daring and heart. He is also the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration and in 1990 was voted 'The Illustrator's Illustrator' by Observer Magazine. He has won many major prizes for illustration, including the Kate Greenaway Medal (1980) and the Red House Children's Book Award (1981) for Mister Magnolia. Grandma as Octavia SpencerMary/ Daisy as Kristen ChenowethGrand High Witch as Anne Hathawa圜opyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976.

Quentin Blake was born in 1932 and read English at Cambridge, before attending Chelsea Art College.

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