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Filled with humour and Shirley Hughes' deft touch, this is a book for young readers to tackle by themselves, as well as a delight to read aloud. It’s moving and inspirational on how to cope with a problem situation. A classic for every bookshelf and it will strike a chord with adults and children everywhere. (4-7)
When Dave loses his favourite toy, Dogger, he is very sad. But when Dogger turns up on a stall at the garden fete, everything seems all right - until someone else buys him before Dave can get the money! Voted the public's favourite CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal winner, this is a tale to which all children and their parents can relate, brought to life by Olivia Colman's heartwarming reading.
This is Hughes most heartwarming picture book ... Hughes has a kindly, inexhaustible eye - she misses nothing ... Her drawing is invariably superb and usually describes a reassuring world for children - sometimes happier-than-thou. She has illustrated more than 200 titles - she is a virtuoso -- Kate Kellaway Observer
Shirley Hughes is a national treasure -- Philip Pullman
Delightful Financial Times
A heart-warming story ... Shirley Hughes warm and deceptively simple story is a perennial favourite among children and experts alike Psychologies Magazine
There are certain books that should be in every family's library and Dogger is certainly one of them Books for Children
Of all the authors to have made their mark in the last twenty years, nobody can be more familiar than Shirley Hughes... there are certain bookss that should be in every family's library and Dogger is definitely one of them. Books for Children
ISBN: 9781782300687
Publication date: 06/07/2017
Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd an imprint of Vintage Publishing
Format: Hardback
ISBN: | 9781782957270 |
Publication date: | 29th June 2017 |
Author: | Shirley Hughes |
Illustrator: | Shirley Hughes |
Publisher: | Red Fox Picture Books an imprint of Random House Children's Publishers UK |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 32 pages |
Suitable for: | 3+ readers, 5+ readers |
Genres: | General Fiction |
Other Categories: | Bookshelf Essentials, All Shortlists and Winners |
Winner of the Book Trust Lifetime Achievement Award 2015. Shirley Hughes has won many prestigious awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal twice. She began to write and design her own picture books when she had a young family and has now published more than two hundred titles. Shirley's first novel, Hero on a Bicycle (9781406336115) was published by Walker in 2012, and her critically acclaimed adventure, Whistling in the Dark was published in 2015. She lives in West London. Click here to read more about the author.
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