Career
Blake illustrated The Wonderful Button by Evan Hunter, published by Abelard-Schuman in 1961.
Blake gained a reputation as a reliable and humorous illustrator of more than 300 children's books, including some written by Joan Aiken, Elizabeth Bowen, Roald Dahl, Nils-Olof Franzén, William Steig, and Dr. Seuss —the first Seuss book that "Seuss" did not illustrate himself, Great Day for Up! (1974).
As of 2006, Blake is the author or illustrator of 323 books of which he wrote 35 himself and Dahl wrote 18. He recently illustrated David Walliams's first and second books, The Boy in the Dress and Mr Stink.
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