Don't Want to Go! by Shirley Hughes (English) Paperback Book

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Mum is ill and Dad has to go to work, so Lily will have to go to Melanie's house for the day. Dad says she'll have lots of fun, but there's a problem- Lily doesn't want to go!Join Lily as she braves Melanie's house, and realises that doing new things needn't be scary after all...

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A wonderfully reassuring tale from master storyteller, Shirley HughesMum is ill and Dad has to go to work, so Lily will have to go to Melanie's house for the day. Dad says she'll have lots of fun, but there's a problem- Lily doesn't want to go!Join Lily as she braves Melanie's house, and realises that doing new things needn't be scary after all...

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Mum is ill and Dad has to go to work, so Lily will have to go to Melanie's house for the day. Dad says she'll have lots of fun, but there's a problem: Lily doesn't want to go. Join Lily as she braves Melanie's house and realises that doing new things needn't be scary after all. Once again, Shirley Hughes gets to the heart of childhood worries and the artwork is full of expression and telling detail.

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Mum is ill and Dad has to go to work, so Lily will have to go to Melanie's house for the day. Dad says she'll have lots of fun, but there's a problem: Lily doesn't want to go! Join Lily as she braves Melanie's house, and realizes that doing new things needn't be scary after all . . . "The emotions are pitch perfect; Hughes takes the simplest of themes . . . and gives it universal significance" Sunday Telegraph "Don't Want to Go! - about a toddler's insecurity - is marvellous" Observer A wonderfully reassuring tale from Shirley Hughes, creator of Dogger, voted the public's favourite CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal winner of all time.

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

Hughes is such a phenomenon - this is as good as anything she's done * Observer *Hughes takes the simplest of themes . . . and gives it universal significance. Make that woman a dame! * Sunday Telegraph *Pre-school children will relate to this new story . . . For Hughes to produce yet another classic book is unquestionably a remarkable achievement for someone who first illustrated a children's book in 1953 * Books for Keeps *Shirley Hughes beautifully captures the little details and small moments of an insecure toddler's life . . . Hughes really understands the worries and fears of small children, she knows instinctively how to step back and observe the small details -- Niamh Sharkey * The Irish Times *Like Alfie, Lily is set to become a big favourite with the pre-school child -- Jack Ousbey * Carousel *

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A wonderfully reassuring tale from master storyteller, Shirley Hughes

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Hughes is such a phenomenon - this is as good as anything she's done

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"Hughes is such a phenomenon -- this is as good as anything she's done." -- The Observer "Hughes takes the simplest of themes -- and gives it universal significance. Make that woman a dame!" -- The Sunday Telegraph From the Hardcover edition.

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A wonderfully reassuring tale from master storyteller, Shirley Hughes

Details ISBN1862306702 Pages 32 Year 2011 ISBN-10 1862306702 ISBN-13 9781862306707 Format Paperback Publication Date 2011-04-07 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Illustrations chiefly col. Illustrations Media Book Imprint Red Fox Picture Books Language English UK Release Date 2011-04-07 AU Release Date 2011-04-07 NZ Release Date 2011-04-07 Author Shirley Hughes Audience Age 3-5 Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK Audience Preschool (0-5) We've got this

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