All About Alfie by Shirley Hughes
Alfie and his best friend Bernard have a day out full of surprises when they go to meet a very great person indeed. What's more there are secret dens to explore, snowy skies, birthday fun and a very unexpected visitor on a special night-time trip.
Shirley Hughes's Alfie is another staple of the pre-school bookshelf, and this autumn parents can get All About AlfieThese are gloriously child centred stories about an utterly safe, kindly world, depicted with such warmth that it's easy to miss Hughes's superior draughtsmanship. You feel she not only loves her sturdy, wholly recognisable children as they hide in shrubberies, play and encounter an owl, but she inhabits them too. Alfie (30 years old this year) and his friend Bernard are undimmed by time, as is his dowdy, bespectacled, adorable mum. An enchanting book to read and read. -- Amanda Craig The Times Over 2 million copies of Alfie Books have been sold in the UK alone, with stories about everyday life dranas for young readers to enjoy. This book celebrates 30 years of Alfie, with a glorious collection filled with two brand new Alfie stories. South Wales Evening Post Two new stories about the much loved pre-schooler. Ages 3+ -- Frances Perkins Bournemouth Daily Echo It is Alfie's 30th birthday. Shirley Hughes has compiled an omnibus entitled All About Alfie. The opening painting sets the scene for the birthday boy. -- Jan Lee Oxford Times
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 is the first recipient of Booktrust's Lifetime Achievement Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780370331942 |
| ISBN 10 | 037033194X |
| Title | All About Alfie |
| Author | Shirley Hughes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 2011-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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