An Evening At Alfie's: Miniature by Shirley Hughes (English) Paperback Book

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All is quiet at Alfie's house - Mum and Dad have gone out and Maureen's baby-sitting. Then . . . drip, drip, drip. The drip turns into a downpour and Maureen's parents have to come round to deal with the burst pipe, but only Alfie can work out what's worrying Annie Rose. . . .

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Alfie is in for a wet adventure in this classic book. Make a friend for life in Alfie!All is quiet at Alfie's house - Mum and Dad have gone out and Maureen's baby-sitting. Then . . . drip, drip, drip. It's raining inside! The drip turns into a downpour and Maureen's parents have to come round to deal with the burst pipe, but only Alfie can work out what's worrying Annie Rose. . . .Join Alfie in this wonderfully warm celebration of brothers and sisters (and babysitters!).

Notes

Reissues in a larger format and new cover design. Ages: 0-5yrs.

Back Cover

Everyone loves Alfie! All is quiet at Alfie's house - Mum and Dad have gone out and Maureen's baby-sitting. Then ... drip drip drip. It's raining inside! The drip turns into a downpour and Maureen's parents have to come round to deal with the burst pope. It takes Alfie to sort out Annie Rose's damp patches, though.

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 is the queen of creating picture books in which everyday events are described in an engaging and interesting way. Children will be delighted to watch the way things become more and more chaotic in Alfie's house as more and more water drips down from the ceiling * Through the Looking Galass *

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Alfie is in for a wet adventure in this classic book, now reissued at a larger size and with a fresh new cover design.

Review Text

Shirley Hughes is the queen of creating picture books in which everyday events are described in an engaging and interesting way. Children will be delighted to watch the way things become more and more chaotic in Alfie's house as more and more water drips down from the ceiling

Review Quote

"No one can match Shirley Hughes in the simple mastery of both words and pictures."

Promotional "Headline"

Alfie is in for a wet adventure in this classic book, now reissued at a larger size and with a fresh new cover design.

Details ISBN1862307865 Author Shirley Hughes Pages 32 Series Alfie Language English ISBN-10 1862307865 ISBN-13 9781862307865 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2009 Imprint Red Fox Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1927 DEWEY 823.914 Short Title EVENING AT ALFIES R/E Edition Description Reissue Residence ENK Illustrator Shirley Hughes Subtitle Miniature AU Release Date 2009-07-02 NZ Release Date 2009-07-02 UK Release Date 2009-07-02 Illustrations 1 Audience Age 3-5 Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK Publication Date 2009-07-02 Audience Children / Juvenile We've got this

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