Pre-school life is perfectly conveyed in award winning Shirley Hughes’s stories about the loveable Alfie. This beautiful, small sized boxed set of four titles includes Alfie Gets in First, a classic story which shows just how resourceful a little boy can be.
Visit the Alfie website by clicking here. This site has exclusive content including a special monthly message from Shirley, roughs from the first book and lots of downloadable activity sheets.
Celebrate 30 years of Alfie with a beautiful gift slipcase: this great-value set contains the first four Alfie storybooks: Alfie Gets in First, Alfie Gives a Hand, Alfie's Feet and An Evening at Alfie's.
"Shirley Hughes is a national treasure” - Philip Pullman
"No one can match Shirley Hughes in the simple mastery of both words and pictures" - Times Educational Supplement
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About Shirley Hughes
Winner of the Book Trust Lifetime Achievement Award 2015.
Shirley Hughes (1927 – 2022) was born and grew up in West Kirby, near Liverpool. She studied at Liverpool Art School and at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford, before embarking on a career as a freelance illustrator. At first she worked as an interpretive illustrator, but she began to write and design her own picture books when her children were very young. Her first book, Lucy and Tom's Day, was published in 1960.
Shirley Hughes illustrated over two hundred children's books and is renowned as a champion of children's literature. She has been the recipient of the Other Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award. She was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in2010, which rewards the best in contemporary children's and young adult literature from all over the world.
