All About Alfie

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title All About Alfie
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Shirley Hughes
SeriesAlfie
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 252,Width 251
ISBN/Barcode 9781849412889
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
Preschool (0-5)

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint Red Fox Picture Books
Publication Date 5 July 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Celebrate 30 years of Alfie with this collection of new stories, packed full of fun and a healthy helping of adventure! 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! Join our little hero and his friends and family in a celebration of all things Alfie...

Author Biography

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.

Reviews

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 * 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 *