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Dixie O'Day: Up, Up and Away! Shirley Hughes

Dixie O'Day: Up, Up and Away! By Shirley Hughes

Dixie O'Day: Up, Up and Away! by Shirley Hughes


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Summary

Dixie, Percy and their new friend, Ariel, are off on an adventure in the clouds. These first chapter books have one chapter for each night of the week and are full of maps, extra activities, and everything needed to empower a new reader.

"A witty and beautifully designed series for emerging readers" THE SUNDAY TIMES

Dixie O'Day: Up, Up and Away! Summary

Dixie O'Day: Up, Up and Away! by Shirley Hughes

Dixie, Percy and their new friend, Ariel, are off on an adventure in the clouds. Making a speedy getaway from their archenemy Lou Ella, they find themselves soaring away in a hot-air balloon! But there are stormy skies ahead...

Be swept away with Dixie and Percy in an action-packed airborne escapade from mother-daughter pairing Shirley Hughes and Clara Vulliamy. These first chapter books have one chapter for each night of the week and are full of maps, extra activities, and everything needed to empower a new reader.

"A witty and beautifully designed series for emerging readers" THE SUNDAY TIMES

Dixie O'Day: Up, Up and Away! Reviews

With text and pictures beautifully complementing one another, these tales of peril and domestic perplexity are a dream to read aloud and tempting for newly fluent readers to manage on their own. Established fans will appreciate familiar characters putting in a cheerful appearance, while those new to the books can revel in the excitement of a story that stands confidently alone. Meanwhile end papers complete with chatty questionnaires, maps and games all add to the satisfying sense of a fully-formed world in miniature. * Independent Bookshop Week Supplement *

About Shirley Hughes

Shirley Hughes (Author)
Shirley was born in West Kirby, near Liverpool, 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 then embarked on a career as a freelance illustrator in London, where she still lives today. She illustrated other writers' work, including Noel Streatfeild, Alison Uttley, Ian Seraillier, Margaret Mahy 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.

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. Shirley received an OBE in 1999 for services to Children's Literature, and a CBE in 2017. She is the first recipient of Booktrust's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Clara Vulliamy (Illustrator)
Clara was born in Notting Hill, and studied at Chelsea School of Art, The Ruskin in Oxford, and The Royal Academy. She began her career by doing illustrations in newspapers and magazines, and started doing books for children when she had children of her own. Clara lives in Twickenham with her husband and two grown-up children.

Additional information

GOR006727169
9781782300243
1782300244
Dixie O'Day: Up, Up and Away! by Shirley Hughes
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Random House Children's UK
2015-03-26
136
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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