Alfie Gives A Hand - Shirley Hughes Reviews

This is another story written and illustrated by Shirley Hughes about four year old Alfie. In this episode Alfie has been invited to his best friend Bernard's birthday tea party. Alfie has lots of questions to ask about the party, but when he discovers that his Mum won't be there he becomes anxious and resorts to taking his bit of old ...  Read the complete review

About The Author ============== Shirley Hughes published her first book Lucy and Tom's Day in 1960. Since then she has illustrated over two hundred children's books and is known as a champion of children's literature. Shirley Hughes has been awarded the Kate Greenaway medal, the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award and in 1999 she was ...  Read the complete review

I haven’t seen this book for ages and read it for the first time the other day specifically because I was asked to. So, there I was reading it to a class of 5 and 6 year olds, and here I am saying that “no, it’s not my favourite book!” **The Story** The story begins with Alf finding a letter with his name on it. He is ...  Read the complete review

This is another book about Alfie, this time he is invited to his friend Bernards birthday party. He is not very keen to go as he is a bit worried as his mum and little sister will not be there. He decides to go but only if he can take his security blanket. There is a little girl there, who is very frightened, he holds her hand and ...  Read the complete review