A Shirley Hughes Christmas A festive treasury of three favourite stories

by Hughes, Shirley

• ISBN13: 9780241680223
• ISBN10: 0241680220
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2024-10-15
• Publisher: Puffin

Summary

Share the magic of Christmas with a special foiled hardcover treasury of three festive stories from Shirley Hughes.

It's nearly Christmas, and it's time for everyone's favorite Shirley Hughes characters to get ready for the most magical time of the year.

There are presents to be hidden, Christmas trees to be decorated and carols to be sung. And when Christmas Eve finally arrives, will Father Christmas come for Lucy and Tom, Alfie and Dave?

This very special treasury contains three best-loved festive stories:
Lucy and Tom at Christmas
Alfie's Christmas
Dogger's Christmas

Packed full of festive excitement and joy, this is the perfect gift to share with all the family this Christmas.

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.

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, a 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.

 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 favorite 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.