Mrs Armitage on Wheels
£7.99
by Blake, Quentin | Reading age: from c 5 years
Published 06/05/1999 by Penguin Random House Children’s UK (Red Fox) in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 32 pages
Description
An exuberant classic from the nation’s favourite illustrator, Quentin Blake!
Mrs Armitage sets off for a quiet cycle with her faithful dog, Breakspear, but she just can’t help thinking of ways to improve her bicycle. Before very long she has added three very loud horns, a bucket of water to wash her hands, a complete tool kit. And by the time she has also added a seat for Breakspear, two umbrellas, a cassette player and a mouth-organ, Mrs Armitage is riding a very eye-catching contraption. But it is when she finally adds the mast and sail, that Mrs Armitage really runs into trouble . . .
‘Blake is beyond brilliant . . . I’ve never met a child who doesn’t love Quentin Blake’ – Daily Telegraph
Quentin Blake is one of Britain’s best-loved and most successful author-illustrators, and was made the first Children’s Laureate in 1999. He has won the Whitbread Award, the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, and the Kate Greenaway Medal. among others.
