Alfie's World - Shirley Hughes

Sally's Secret - Shirley Hughes

is magical about Shirley Hughes books. The story is about a little girl who makes a den one day & has a friend round to play tea parties with her, & this simple little tale manages to pinpoint just what is important when you re small & for an afternoon your whole world is in your back garden: the excitement of of a ...

Sally's Secret - Shirley Hughes

They talked about babies just like grown-up ladies. Sally also has other garden visitors to her secret house, and has a thoroughly enjoyable time. This simple story is accompanied by Shirley Hughes brilliant Illustrations. The drawings are detailed and lifelike and full of colour and vibrancy. Her representation of children and their expressions is very appealing. The book has lots of flowery, girly designs and so it has lots of appeal for young girls. Suitable for reading to young girls, and for pre-readers to looks at the beautiful illustrations on their own, or for young readers to tackle ...

Annie Rose Is My Little Sister - Shirley Hughes

going to the library, getting a bag of books and coming home to read them with his mummy! My mum recently bought him three of the famous "Alfie" stories by Shirley Hughes which I enjoyed as a child, and Harry now loves them too. On one of our library visits, I noticed another Hughes book, part of the Alfie series but focussing on his sister Annie Rose. It s now proved to be Harry s favourite of the lot and I ve had to buy him his own copy of the wonderful "Annie Rose is my Little Sister". Shirley Hughes is an absolutely brilliant writer and author of some of the most wonderful children s books ever to have been written. The "Alfie" series ...