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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

All Around Me; A First Book of Childhood

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

Pre-order. 4th July 2024

£8.09 £8.99

My Very Busy Day

Shirley Hughes

Hardback

Pre-order. 4th April 2024

£11.69 £12.99

My Naughty Little Sister Collection

Dorothy Edwards

Paperback

In Stock

£9.89 £10.99

Angel on the Roof

Shirley Hughes

Hardback

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

Alfie on Holiday

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Father's Day

Shirley Hughes

Hardback

Not Available

Ruby in the Ruins

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Alfie at Nursery School

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Alfie and Dad

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Lucy & Tom: From A to Z

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Ruby in the Ruins

Shirley Hughes

Hardback

Not Available

Lucy & Tom: From One to Ten

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Mother's Day

Shirley Hughes

Hardback

Not Available

My First 123

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Let's Join in

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Dogger

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

My Naughty Little Sister

Dorothy Edwards

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Out and About

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Lucy and Tom at School

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Alfie Gets in First

Shirley Hughes

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Alfie Outdoors

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Alfie and Mum

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

More Naughty Little Sister Stories

Dorothy Edwards

Paperback

In Stock

£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

Temporarily Out Of Stock

£11.69 £12.99

The Lion And The Unicorn

Shirley Hughes

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Dogger

Shirley Hughes

Hardback

Not Available