Alfie's Christmas - Hardcover

Hughes, Shirley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 037033230X ISBN 13: 9780370332307

Publisher: Bodley Head, 2013

Synopsis

Alfie has been charming children and parents for generations, but this is his very first Christmas

A perfect gift, this beautiful storybook invites young readers to join Alfie and Annie Rose for Christmas, and covers every Christmas milestone. Alfie opens his advent calendar and makes cards and presents, he sings carols and decorates the tree, and he writes a special letter to Father Christmas. What will Father Christmas bring on Christmas Day? It's going to be such an exciting day!

About this title

About the Author:

SHIRLEY HUGHES 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.

Review:

"If childhood had an illustrator laureate, it must be Hughes; no one else captures emotions, concerns, and body language with such sensibility and affection."  —Kirkus Reviews on Hughes

"Hughes is a magical storyteller with an instinctive understanding of the mind of a pre-schooler." —Guardian on Hughes

"Hughes's protagonist remains an extremely likable and highly recognizable character."  —School Library Journal on Alfie and the Big Boys

About this edition

• Publisher: Bodley Head
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 037033230X
• ISBN 13: 9780370332307
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Hughes Shirley