Shirley Hughes

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Shirley Hughes


Born
in Wirral, The United Kingdom
July 16, 1927

Died
February 25, 2022

Genre
Children's Books


Shirley Hughes is the illustrator of more than two hundred children’s books and has won many prestigious awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal twice. She is the author-illustrator of DON'T WANT TO GO! and OLLY AND ME 1 2 3. She died at her home in London on the 25th of February, 2022. ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 21,593 ratings · 2,178 reviews · 371 distinct works • Similar authors
Dogger
4.32 avg rating — 5,952 ratings — published 1977 — 53 editions
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Alfie Gets in First
4.28 avg rating — 1,641 ratings — published 1981 — 30 editions
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Hero on a Bicycle
3.72 avg rating — 1,326 ratings — published 2012 — 24 editions
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Ella's Big Chance: A Jazz-A...
4.10 avg rating — 409 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions
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Lucy and Tom's Christmas
4.23 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 1981 — 13 editions
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The Big Alfie and Annie Ros...
4.50 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 1988 — 16 editions
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Alfie's Feet
4.17 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 1982 — 26 editions
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3.79 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 2013 — 13 editions
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Alfie Gives a Hand
4.21 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1983 — 27 editions
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Big Alfie Out of Doors Stor...
4.57 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 1992 — 10 editions
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Series by Shirley Hughes

Alfie's Feet Alfie Gives a Hand An Evening at Alfie's The Big Alfie and Annie Ros... Alfie Gets in First Big Alfie Out of Doors Stor... Alfie Treasury
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4.25 avg rating — 4,729 ratings

Lucy and Tom's Day Lucy and Tom Go to School Lucy And Toms A B C Lucy and Tom's 1 2 3 Lucy and Tom's Christmas Lucy and Tom at the Seaside
(6 books)
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4.17 avg rating — 630 ratings

When We Went to the Park Bathwater's Hot Colors Noisy Two Shoes, New Shoes
(6 books)
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4.16 avg rating — 542 ratings

Digby O'Day in the Fast Lane Digby O'Day and the Great D... Digby O'Day Up, Up, and Away
(3 books)
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3.86 avg rating — 582 ratings

Hiding Chatting Giving bouncing
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4.12 avg rating — 196 ratings

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“Waddya want me to do? through my sling shot at him?”
― Hughes
tags: 1, 5, alchemist, basket, destructions, fma, fruits, full, hand, hughes, maes, metal, right, scar, trouble, twilight
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“Privately he called them a couple of puffed-up, dressed-up, made-up, stuck-up, brainless parakeets.”
― Shirley Hughes, Ella's Big Chance: A Jazz-Age Cinderella
tags: cinderella, humor
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