Haveyoumet Monster?
Might we introduce you to him in this delightful stop-motion animation clip, animated by the team behind Wallace and Gromit and narrated by Michael Palin.

Monster—created by Ellen Blance and Ann Cook, with illustrations by Quentin Blake—taught many young people how to read in the 70s and 80s. He was so good at it that he even got his own animated television show—well, a pilot—that was created in 1983.

Those were simpler times, but we’re bringing Monster back in a new treasury called Meet Monster: The First Big Monster Book(May), which collects his first six adventures. Blance and Cook pioneered a new way of allowing early readers to be confident in their skills, by basing the Monster stories on stories children themselves suggested, and by beginning with a simple vocabulary that is gradually built up and broadened.  And from our own recent experiences watching children interact with the stories, it’s a system that teaches, even as it brings joy.

Quentin Blake, illustration for Danny, the Champion of the World, limited edition print.

Rhyme Stew by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.

A collection of irreverent rhymes featuring characters from fairy tales, fables and nursery rhymes - as you’ve never seen them before.

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Punch Magazine cover, September 1961, Quentin Blake.