Alfies World by Shirley Hughes
A gorgeous gift book featuring an exclusive and intimate insight into Alfie's world. Shirley wrote and illustrated her first Alfie book in 1981. Three decades on and the first Alfie books have become classics, while new Alfie adventures continue to be incredibly popular. Discover all there is to know about Alfie's family, the street where he lives, his friends, his toys and much more. Illustrated with beautiful never-before published sketches, paintings and photographs, this is a book no Alfie fan should be without.
"Shirley Hughes is an artist who represents ordinary life in a way that makes adults and children alike fall in love with it" The Times "Hughes is a magical storyteller with an instinctive understanding of the mind of the pre-schooler.. She makes the ordinary extraordinary" Guardian "A real cause for celebration" -- Andrew Ffrench Oxford Times "Shirley Hughes' wonderful way with illustrations doesn't falter in a book which this superb author's many fans, young and old, will enjoy" Newbury Weekly News "Pure gold" The School Librarian
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780370328942 |
| ISBN 10 | 0370328949 |
| Title | Alfies World |
| Author | Shirley Hughes |
| Series | Alfie Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 2006-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |