Alfie & The Birthday Surprise by Shirley Hughes (English) Paperback Book

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Birthday parties always make people happy and Alfie's neighbour, Mr MacNally, really does need cheering up because their beloved cat, Smoky, has died. Alfie thinks a party might just help, and there's an extra special surprise in store for Bob MacNallyJoin Alfie as he tries to keep a secret in this celebration of pets old and new.

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Losing a pet can be terribly sad, but Alfie is on hand to help in this heartwarming story. Make a friend for life in Alfie!Birthday parties always make people happy and Alfie's neighbour, Mr MacNally, really does need cheering up because his beloved cat, Smoky, has died. Alfie thinks a party might just help, and there's an extra special surprise in store for Bob MacNally. . . .Join Alfie as he tries to keep a secret in this celebration of pets old and new.

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Losing a pet can be terribly sad, but Alfie is on hand to help in this heartwarming story. Make a friend for life in Alfie!

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Everyone loves Alfie! Birthday parties always make people happy and Alfie's neighbour, Mr MacNally, really does need cheering up. Alfie thinks a party might be just the thing, and there's a extra special surprise in store for Bob MacNally! Will Alfie manage to keep it a secret?

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.

Review

Shirley Hughes' warmth and ability to capture the emotions of the under-5s remain unrivalled * Financial Times *Text and artwork coalesce in a tender story * Parents Magazine *A directness and a simplicity which conjures an appealing little world that most young children are pleased to dip into . . . A firm favourite * West Sussex Gazette *Makes for excellent bedtime reading * Irish Examiner *

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Losing a pet can be terribly sad, but Alfie is on hand to help in this heartwarming story, now reissued at a larger size and with a fresh new cover design.

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Shirley Hughes' warmth and ability to capture the emotions of the under-5s remain unrivalled

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Shirley Hughes' warmth and ability to capture the emotions of the under-5s remain unrivalled

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Losing a pet can be terribly sad, but Alfie is on hand to help in this heartwarming story, now reissued at a larger size and with a fresh new cover design.

Details ISBN1862307873 Author Shirley Hughes Short Title ALFIE & THE BIRTHDAY SURPRISE Pages 32 Series Alfie Language English ISBN-10 1862307873 ISBN-13 9781862307872 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2009 Publication Date 2009-07-02 Imprint Red Fox Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations Full colour Birth 1927 DEWEY 823.914 Residence ENK Illustrator Shirley Hughes UK Release Date 2009-07-02 AU Release Date 2009-07-02 NZ Release Date 2009-07-02 Audience Age 3-5 Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK Alternative 9781862309920 Audience Children's (6-12) We've got this

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