Alfie and Mum by Shirley Hughes (English) Paperback Book

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Meet Alfie's mum. She has reddish brown curly hair which often gets untidy, but Alfie likes it like that. She sometimes gets cross when she loses things or when there are too many toys lying all over the floor. Here are two stories about Alfie and his Mum, and their adventures together.

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Celebrate mums everywhere with this collection of Alfie stories, perfect for mums and little ones to read together.Meet Alfie's mum. She has reddish brown curly hair which often gets untidy, but Alfie likes it like that.Alfie and Mum love to tell stories together, to explore and have adventures - over fields, across streams, and even into big dark houses! But Alfie isn't ever frightened when he's with Mum - she'll always be there to take care of him.Two previously published stories from Shirley Hughes, gathered together in one special celebration of Mums.

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A collection of Alfie stories which celebrate mums and are ideal for Mother's Day, from the legendary Shirley Hughes, creator of the Dogger and Lucy & Tom series. Includes 2 previously published stories from Alfie Weather and All About Alfie. Ages: 0+

Author Biography

Shirley Hughes illustrated more than 200 children's books and is one of the best-loved writers for children, known for her beloved classics including the Alfie and Annie Rose stories, and Dogger.Shirley Hughes was born in West Kirby, near Liverpool, in 1927, and studied fashion and dress design at Liverpool Art School, before continuing her studies at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford. She started her career as a freelance illustrator in London, illustrating other writers' work, including Noel Streatfeild, Alison Uttley, Ian Seraillier and notably Dorothy Edwards's My Naughty Little Sister series.Shirley began to write and draw her own picture books when her children were young. Her first book - Lucy and Tom's Day - was published in 1960, and she followed it with, among others, Dogger, and the Alfie series. Her books include the wordless picture book Up and Up, collection of rhymes and poems Out and About, and for the very young The Nursery Collection.She wrote two novels for older children, Hero on a Bicycle, about a 13-year-old Italian boy during the occupation of Florence, and Whistling in the Dark, set during the Liverpool Blitz. Her memoir, A Life Drawing, was published in 2002.She also collaborated with her daughter, Clara Vulliamy, on the Dixie O'Day series; which saw Shirley with an illustrator for the first time with Shirley writing the text and Clara creating the illustrations.In 2020 she returned to her much-loved character, Dogger, with a new story Dogger's Christmas.Shirley Hughes has won the Other Award, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, and the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration twice, for Dogger in 1977 and for Ella's Big Chance in 2003. In 2007 Dogger was voted the public's favourite Greenaway winner of all time. She was Highly Commended for the Greenaway Medal for The Lion and the Unicorn in 1998. Shirley received an OBE in 1999 for services to Children's Literature, and a CBE in 2017. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was the first recipient of BookTrust's Lifetime Achievement Award.Shirley died in London in 2022.

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Celebrate mums everywhere with this collection of Alfie stories, perfect for mums and little ones to read together.

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Celebrate mums everywhere with this collection of Alfie stories, perfect for mums and little ones to read together.

Details ISBN178295645X Author Shirley Hughes Year 2016 ISBN-10 178295645X ISBN-13 9781782956457 Media Book Publication Date 2016-02-04 Pages 32 Imprint Red Fox Picture Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1927 DEWEY 823.914 Format Paperback Language English Series Alfie UK Release Date 2016-02-04 AU Release Date 2016-02-04 NZ Release Date 2016-02-04 Audience Age 3-5 Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK Audience Preschool (0-5) We've got this

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