Tell Me a Picture

This weeks highlight was meeting Sir Quentin Blake. Together with Roald Dahl, he brought books to life for me. It was the Enormous Crocodile that had me hooked and from that moment the power of illustrated children's books has never diminished. 

Tell Me a Picture was first published in 2001 in conjunction with an exhibition curated by Sir Quentin at the National Gallery.  When we discovered it on the Frances Lincoln back list last year we jumped at the chance to give it a new lease of life. 

I decided not to hack the cover about too much. The elements of a great cover were already there (Quentin Blake illustration and a painting from a 'great master')  but today it will be bought by a different market without the hook of the exhibition and the National Gallery's initial order so it would have to work harder. Anyway here it is:

And we had a party to celebrate the launch at the House of Illustration. The event was also to launch our all new look Frances Lincoln Children's list and our new imprint Wide Eyed Editions and here is our team with Quentin. It was a special evening.