The Elizabethan A rare survivor of the Children's magazine that acted as the template for the Puffin Post. It was edited by Kaye Webb before she joined Puffin and featured competitions, a club, author interviews, readers stories, contemporary illustration by Quentin Blake, and more. Just a little snip from Design For Today's book on the Puffin Club, to be published in 2018. #elizabethan #puffinpost #kayewebb #designfortoday #childrensmagazine

From the first Puffin Annual, 1974.

The Puffin Club 50th Anniversary Huge thanks to everyone who has shared memories of their favourite Puffins and the Puffin Club via #postyourpuffin from as far away as Australia and the USA and those who came along to @illustrationhq to hear Sherief Hassan share his knowledge and love of the Puffin Club. #puffinpost #puffinclub #kayewebb #jillmcdonald #illustrationhq #nuffinlikeapuffin #sniffup

#postyourpuffin Calling all Puffineers! Post your favourite Puffin Book on IG using the hashtag #postyourpuffin to celebrate tomorrow's 50th Anniversary of the launch of the Puffin Club on March 23 1967. It'd be brilliant to have 50 posts by the end of tomorrow and to share our libraries. So dig out that favourite! #puffinpost #nuffinlikeapuffin @illustrationhq @penguinukbooks @penguincollsoc @penguinbookaday @sniffupdaily @apenguinaweek @cheriedecker @the_silver_locket

Maggie Scraggle Jill McDonald My contribution to #postyourpuffin had to include something by the wonderful Jill McDonald. She met Kaye Webb in New Zealand when Kaye was on one of her Puffin tours who immediately asked her to get in touch if Jill visited England. When Jill eventually arrived Kaye snapped her up to illustrate the new Puffin Club magazine. Almost single handed lay Jill created the most fabulous branding of Puffin and with her distinctive calligraphy, illustration and quirky offbeat humour she was magnificent. Sadly she died tragically young and with her passing and Kaye's retirement the Puffin Club lost momentum. #jillmcdonald #puffinclub #puffinpost #kayewebb #graphicdesign #pufginbooks @penguincollsoc @penguinpressart

A date for the Puffin diary! Thursday 23 March A Puffin evening at the House of Illustration to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the launch of the Puffin Club. Tickets have just gone on sale, so grab one now! (Via link below) Lots on Kaye Webb, Jill McDonald, Puffin ephemera on display & a chance to wear your Puffin badge! The evening's talk will be led by Sherief Hassan who has hosted a website devoted to the Puffin Club for many years. http://www.houseofillustration.org.uk/whats-on/current-future-events/nuffin-like-a-puffin/ #puffin #nuffinlikeapuffin @penguincollsoc @sniffupdaily @penguinbookaday @puffinbooks @puffinpalsbookclub #jillmcdonald #kayewebb #puffinpost #historyofthebook @the_silver_locket

Puffin Book Club talk Thursday 23 March @illustrationhq The Puffin Club was founded 50 years ago on 23 March by Kaye Webb. To celebrate the achievements there is an evening of talks at The House of Illustration (London) that will explore the Club, Kaye Webb, Jill McDonald and the illustrators and impact of the Puffin Post and Puffin Club. Tickets have just been put on sale and can be found on the HOI website, Nuffin' Like a Puffin! Do come along, and wear your badges! #puffinpost #puffinbooks #kayewebb #jillmcdonald #sniffup #nuffinlikeapuffin @penguincollsoc #penguinukbooks

Jill McDonald The Pirates' Tale Detail from her 1970 Picture Puffin the text of which was submitted as a competition to Puffin Post by four and a half year old Janet Aitchison. Jill McDonald was in the in-house illustrator at Puffin and turned the story into a book. It held the Guinness Book of Records for the youngest author to have been published by a mainstream publisher. Jill McDonald's astonishing work for Puffin will be explored at the House of Illustration talk on March 23, on the Puffin Post. Tickets have just gone on sale via the HOI! #jillmcdonald #thepiratestale #puffinpost @illustrationhq @quintenblake #penguinukbooks #illustration