Andre Bouchard — Daddy Lost His Head

London, Jonathan Cape, 2009. Hardback. A loveable children's story about a father 'losing his head' and a homage to Quentin Blake, illustrated and signed by the iconic illustrator. The first translated edition of Daddy Lost His Head, an entertaining children's book, written by Andre Bouchard, and illustrated and signed by Quentin Blake. Published in 2009, first published in 2008 in French.In the publisher's original pictorial paper boards, with full-page and in-text colour illustrations throughout. Blake's signature to the front free end paper.A humour cartoonist for numerous French magazines and a great admirer of Quentin Blake, Bouchard created this loveable children's tale and requested Blake to illustrate it. About a Dad who has 'lost his head' while his children trying to fix the issue, it fuses great humour with a warm-hearted message that is bound to put a smile on the face of both children and adults. In the publisher's original pictorial paper boards. Externally, very smart, with very faint browning marks to rear board extremities. End papers are bright and clean. Blake's signature to the front free end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Quentin Blake. Near Fine .