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Shirley Hughes


Born
in Wirral, The United Kingdom
July 16, 1927

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 · 19,694 ratings · 1,935 reviews · 282 distinct works • Similar authors
Dogger
4.32 avg rating — 5,846 ratings — published 1977 — 30 editions
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Alfie Gets in First
4.28 avg rating — 1,599 ratings — published 1981 — 20 editions
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Hero on a Bicycle
3.71 avg rating — 1,175 ratings — published 2012 — 22 editions
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Ella's Big Chance: A Jazz-A...
4.08 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions
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The Big Alfie and Annie Ros...
4.51 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 1988 — 11 editions
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Alfie's Feet
4.14 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 1982 — 15 editions
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Digby O'Day in the Fast Lane
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3.77 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions
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Alfie Gives a Hand
4.21 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 1983 — 16 editions
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The Big Alfie Out of Doors ...
4.55 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions
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Whistling in the Dark
3.67 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions
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More books by Shirley Hughes…

Series by Shirley Hughes

When We Went To The Park Bathwater's Hot Colors Noisy Two Shoes, New Shoes
(6 books)
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4.13 avg rating — 498 ratings

Digby O'Day in the Fast Lane Digby O'Day and the Great D... Digby O'Day Up, Up, and Away
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3.84 avg rating — 533 ratings

Hiding Chatting Giving Bouncing
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4.06 avg rating — 162 ratings

Quotes by Shirley Hughes  (?)
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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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