Mr Magnolia has only one boot.
He has an old trumpet that goes rooty-toot -
And two lovely sisters who play on the flute -
But Mr Magnolia has only one boot.
In this wittily rhyming picture book, Mr Magnolia has a full andhappy life except for one serious omission - a boot. But one day,he receives a mysterious parcel, and at last Mr Magnolia can splashin the puddles with everyone else!
Quentin Blake has been drawing ever since he can remember and heis one of the world's best loved and most successful children'sillustrator and author.
After studying English at Cambridge University and life-classesat Chelsea Art School, he became a teacher and for many yearstaught at the Royal College of Art where he was head of theIllustration Department. Quentin was made an OBE in 1988 and, inthe words of the Guardian, was "already a nationalinstitution" when he was appointed the first Children's Laureate in1999.
