Dixie O'Day and the Haunted House

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Dixie O'Day and the Haunted House
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Shirley Hughes
Illustrated by Clara Vulliamy
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 179,Width 125
ISBN/Barcode 9781782950059
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint Red Fox
Publication Date 24 September 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

From the creator of Dogger and Alfie, comes a spooky Dixie O'Day adventure under the stars! A dark and stormy night, a camping trip gone awry, and an old house which looks like it might be ... haunted? Dixie and Percy need to stick together in this mysterious adventure full of scrapes, peril, and spooky goings-on! These first chapter books from mother-daughter pairing Shirley Hughes and Clara Vulliamy have one chapter for each night of the week and are full of maps, and fun extra activities. "A witty and beautifully designed series for emerging readers" THE SUNDAY TIMES

Author Biography

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.