Alfie at Nursery School by Shirley Hughes (English) Paperback Book

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Alfie loves Nursery School – and so does Annie Rose! She can't wait to go there with him – in fact she's so desperate to join in that she gets Alfie into a very sticky situation in this collection of nursery school tales.

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Alfie is off to Nursery School; he has lots to discover and learn as he experiences new things in this new book from master storyteller, Shirley Hughes.Alfie loves Nursery School - and so does Annie Rose! She can't wait to go there with him - in fact she's so desperate to join in that she gets Alfie into a very sticky situation in this collection of nursery school tales.Join Alfie as he navigates playground games and special concerts in this heartwarming book from Shirley Hughes, creator of Dogger.

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Alfie's love of nursery school makes Annie want to join him there, leading to a very sticky situation for Alfie. This story and others are given in a collection on the subject of nursery school featuring Hughes' much-loved Alfie and Annie Rose characters.

Author Biography

Shirley Hughes (Author, Illustrator)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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Alfie is off to Nursery School; he has lots to discover and learn as he experiences new things in this new book from master storyteller, Shirley Hughes.

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Alfie is off to Nursery School; he has lots to discover and learn as he experiences new things in this new book from master storyteller, Shirley Hughes.

Details ISBN1782957669 Pages 32 Year 2018 ISBN-10 1782957669 ISBN-13 9781782957669 Format Paperback Media Book Publication Date 2018-08-23 Illustrator Shirley Hughes Imprint Red Fox Picture Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Language English UK Release Date 2018-08-23 AU Release Date 2018-08-23 NZ Release Date 2018-08-23 Audience Age 0-5 Author Shirley Hughes Birth 1974 Affiliation Hans W. Hagemann Position Author Qualifications MD Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK Alternative 9781782300717 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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