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Shirley Hughes - Illustrator

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.

Click here to read more about the author.

And find an obituary to Shirley Hughes here.

Illustrator's Website: http://www.alfiebooks.co.uk/allaboutshirleyhughes.asp

Books Illustrated By Shirley Hughes

My First Colours

Shirley Hughes

Board book

Pre-order. 6th March 2025

£7.19 £7.99

Angel on the Roof

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Alfie on Holiday

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

Father's Day

Shirley Hughes

Hardback

Not Available

Ruby in the Ruins

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

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£6.29 £6.99

Alfie at Nursery School

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

Alfie and Dad

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

The Little Broomstick

Mary Stewart

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

Lucy & Tom: From One to Ten

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Mother's Day

Shirley Hughes

Hardback

Not Available

My Naughty Little Sister

Dorothy Edwards

Hardback

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

My First 123

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

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£6.29 £6.99

Lucy and Tom at School

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

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£6.29 £6.99

Alfie Outdoors

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

Alfie and Mum

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

The Thirteen Days of Christmas

Jenny Overton

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

More Naughty Little Sister Stories

Dorothy Edwards

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

My Naughty Little Sister's Friends

Dorothy Edwards

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Bye Bye Birdie

Shirley Hughes

Hardback

Not Available

The Lion And The Unicorn

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99