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"our foremost chronicler of the life of ordinary households" (Chris Powling of 'Books for Keeps' on Shirley Hughes) '''Shirley Hughes''' was born on Merseyside in 1927 and began her career... more

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    "our foremost chronicler of the life of ordinary households" (Chris Powling of 'Books for Keeps' on Shirley Hughes) Shirley Hughes was born on Merseyside in 1927 and began her career doing illustrations for other author's books before writing and designing her own. Her most well known stories are probably Dogger, which won the Kate Greenaway medal in 1977, (and in 2007 an award for the best book ever to have won the Kate Greenaway Medal), the Lucy and Tom stories, which began in 1960 and the Alfie stories, which first appeared in 1981. Hughes has won many awards including the Eleanor Farjeon ... more

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EAN 9780370326825
Type Fiction
Genre Children's
Publisher Random House Children's Books
Title The Shirley Hughes Collection

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