to find as many juicy little children to eat as he can, but the wild animals he boasts to have other ideas, until elephant finally gets rid of him for good.Take a sketching class with Quentin BlakeBuy The Enormous Crocodile

these years later!What comes first, the story or the pictures?And where do ideas come from?To me pictures need writing and writing needs pictures. A child once called me a picture writer, and that’s a good way to describe me. It is the idea that comes first. I

village at the foothills of the mountains, north of Milan, and it was a family tradition that we would visit every Easter and Christmas. I loved to help my grandmother roll out the pasta on the big kitchen table. What’s your idea of the perfect family meal

is misbehaving, it is a good idea to ask the restaurant manager to intervene.  4. If you find a restaurant you like, it is worth getting to know the staff there and visiting them on a regular basis. Staff get to know you when you are a regular guest, and more

forum and let us know! We've got more tips on restaurant etiquette from Sara Galvin at Galvin La Chapelle, and ideas on keeping your child quiet with a bag of tricks!

't revel in the idea of getting grubbier and grubbier until he's no longer recognisable. When Dirty Harry (any inspiration for you there, Clint?) reappears in the family garden, his  family are none the wiser. "There's a strange dog in the garden

realised that the problem with my work is that I don’t draw like a pro. I draw like a kid so I thought maybe I could make that work so I came up with the idea of the wimpy kid and worked on that for a long time. Finally, I got published so I feel very

and Manchester – where the free ice-cream is bound to go down well.2. Eliminate stress factorsThe festival vibe, of course, is all about peace, love and understanding, and the idea is that you get to chill out and relax too, in the delightful company of your

.”Designers also work hard to combine good looks with the all-important functionality: think of it as an investment in a piece that will become a family heirloom, with the added romance of being handed down through the generations. This is an idea that strikes a

pubished. “I had a good idea, but the book was very boring,” says Judith, so it never saw the light of day. Thankfully, her third picture book Mog was an entirely different matter.There will be a host of anniversary events for Mog around the country and a