Shirley Hughes (1927–2022)

Author of Dogger

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About the Author

Author and illustrator Shirley Hughes was born near Liverpool, U. K. on July 16, 1927. She studied drawing and costume design at Liverpool School of Art and the Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford. At first she was an illustrator of other author's works, but in 1960 she published Lucy and Tom's Day, show more which was the first book she wrote and illustrated. Since then she has written and illustrated over 50 books. She won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Dogger in 1977, the Eleanor Farjeon Award for distinguished services to children's literature in 1984, and the OBE for services to children's literature in 1998. She currently lives in London with her husband. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: 雪莉休斯, Shirley Hughes, Sshirley Hughes, Shirley. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes. Hughes

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Series

Shirley Hughes' Nursery Collection

Little greats

Alfie and Annie Rose

Dixie O'Day

Works by Shirley Hughes

Popular Recent

Dogger (1977) 829 copies

Alfie Gets in First (1981) 553 copies

Alfie Gives a Hand (1983) 412 copies

Alfie's Feet (1982) 359 copies

The Big Alfie and Annie Rose Storybook (1988) 298 copies

Out and About (1988) 258 copies

An Evening at Alfie's (1984) 253 copies

Giving (1993) 232 copies

The Big Alfie Out of Doors Storybook (1992) 229 copies

Hero on a Bicycle (2012) 210 copies

Don't Want to Go! (2010) 203 copies

All About Alfie (1992) 195 copies

Year Round Things to Do (1966) 173 copies

Alfie and the Birthday Surprise (1997) 143 copies

Rhymes for Annie Rose (1995) 137 copies

Ella’s Big Chance: A Jazz-Age Cinderella (2003) 135 copies

Annie Rose Is My Little Sister (2002) 128 copies

Up and up (1711) 127 copies

Moving Molly (1978) 125 copies

Angel Mae (Tales from Trotter Street) (1989) 122 copies

Lucy and Tom's Christmas (1981) 117 copies

Stories by Firelight (1993) 111 copies

Lucy and Tom's ABC (1984) 105 copies

Colours (Nursery Collection) (1641) 103 copies

Alfie's ABC (1997) 99 copies

Hiding (1622) 96 copies

Alfie and the Big Boys (2007) 96 copies

Two Shoes, New Shoes (Nursery Collection) (1858) 93 copies

Bouncing (1600) 93 copies

Noisy (Nursery Collection) (1985) 92 copies

All Shapes and Sizes (Nursery Collection) (1600) 91 copies

The Nursery Collection (1994) 85 copies

Bathwater's Hot (1985) 83 copies

The Lion and the Unicorn (1999) 79 copies

George the Babysitter (1882) 78 copies

Alfie's 1 2 3 (1999) 77 copies

When We Went to the Park (1985) 76 copies

The Big Concrete Lorry (Tales from Trotter Street) (1989) 75 copies

Sally's Secret (1882) 74 copies

Enchantment in the garden (1688) 70 copies

Lucy and Tom Go to School (1973) 69 copies

Bobbo Goes to School (2013) 64 copies

Alfie's Christmas (2013) 64 copies

Chatting (1994) 63 copies

Lucy and Tom at the Seaside (1976) 63 copies

Helpers (1844) 62 copies

The Christmas Eve Ghost (2010) 59 copies

Alfie Wins a Prize (2004) 59 copies

Wheels (Tales from Trotter Street) (1600) 57 copies

The Snow Lady (Tales from Trotter Street) (1990) 57 copies

Lucy and Tom's 1 2 3 (Picture Puffin) (1987) 57 copies

Abel's Moon (1999) 56 copies

Alfie Weather (1800) 54 copies

Shirley Hughes Collection (2000) 54 copies

Dixie O'Day in the Fast Lane (2013) 51 copies

Olly and Me (2004) 50 copies

Tales of Trotter Street (1996) 48 copies

A Life Drawing: Autobiography of Shirley Hughes (2002) 47 copies

It's too frightening for me! (1600) 46 copies

Whistling in the Dark (2015) 42 copies

Daisy Saves the Day (2014) 37 copies

Let's Join in (Olly & Me) (1998) 37 copies

The Trouble with Jack (1970) 32 copies

Chips and Jessie (1985) 31 copies

Here Comes Charlie Moon (Lions) (1982) 31 copies

A Brush With the Past: 1900 - 1950 The Years that Changed our Lives (2005) 29 copies

Lucy and Tom's Day (1986) 28 copies

Alfie's World (2006) 26 copies

Dixie O'Day and the Great Diamond Robbery (2015) 25 copies

Olly and Me 123 (2009) 24 copies

Snow in the Garden: A First Book of Christmas (2018) 23 copies

The Faber Book of Nursery Stories (1966) — Illustrator; Illustrator — 22 copies

Alfie's Shop (2013) 21 copies

Over the Moon: Book of Sayings (1980) 20 copies

Things I Like (2001) 19 copies

Helping (1999) 18 copies

Another Helping of Chips (1986) 17 copies

Charlie Moon and the Big Bonanza Bust-up (1982) 16 copies

Alfie Outdoors (2015) 15 copies

Lucy and Tom's 1, 2, 3 and ABC (1999) 15 copies

Alfie and Grandma (2015) 14 copies

Dogger's Christmas (2020) 13 copies

Alfie at Nursery School (2018) 13 copies

Ruby in the Ruins (2018) 12 copies

123 - The Nursery Collection 12 copies

Playing (1997) 12 copies

A Year of Stories and Things to Do (2014) 11 copies

My First ABC (2017) 11 copies

Alfie's ABC and 123 (2002) 11 copies

Being Together (1997) 11 copies

Jonadab and Rita (Alfie) (2008) 10 copies

Bye Bye Birdie (2009) 10 copies

Alfie and His Very Best Friend (2016) 10 copies

Opposites - The Nursery Collection (2016) 10 copies

By Sun and Candlelight (2010) 10 copies

All around me : a first book of childhood (2019) 8 copies

Keeping Busy (1999) 8 copies

ABC - The Nursery Collection (2016) 8 copies

Mother & Child Treasury (1998) 8 copies

Charlie Moon Collection (1998) 8 copies

My Alfie Collection: Four Classic Storybooks (2011) 7 copies

Puddles and Parties (2011) 7 copies

Shirley Hughes Alfie 10 Children's Books Collection (Alfie Gets in First,Alfie Gives a Hand,Alfie's Feet,An Evening at… (2016) 7 copies

Alfie on Holiday (2019) 6 copies

Make Hay While the Sun Shines (1998) 6 copies

Alfie and Dad (2017) 6 copies

Dixie O'Day and the Haunted House (2015) 6 copies

Father's Day (2019) 5 copies

My First 123 (2017) 4 copies

Round and Round the Garden: A First Book of Nursery Rhymes (2021) 4 copies

Dixie O'Day on His Bike (2016) 4 copies

Alfie and Mum (2016) 3 copies

A nagy gyémántrablás (2017) 3 copies

Haunted house (1978) 3 copies

Mae'n fy n-nychryn i! (1991) 2 copies

Tutti a spasso (2019) 2 copies

Baby Records Book (Stationery) (1993) 2 copies

Lucy & Tom: From One to Ten (2018) 2 copies

Peluche (Spanish Edition) (2010) 2 copies

Shirley Hughes Baby Record Book: The First Five Years (2013) 2 copies

Alfie (2013) 2 copies

The Charlie Moon Collection (2014) 2 copies

Paolo's oorlog (2017) 2 copies

Mother's day (2018) 2 copies

Alfie Gets in First and Other Stories (2017) 2 copies

Ourselves and other Animals (1996) 1 copy

Lucy & Tom: From A to Z (Lucy and Tom) (2018) 1 copy

Gosset (2010) 1 copy

My Very Busy Day 1 copy

Wir gehen in den Park 1 copy

Winter- The nursery collection 1 copy

Alfi jalad 1 copy

Rik en ik (2004) 1 copy

Big Dog 1 copy

The Nursery Rhyme Collection: Summer (2016) 1 copy

The Nursery Rhyme Collection: Autumn 1 copy

The Shirley Hughes Nursery Collection 10 Books Set (2019) 1 copy

A nagy autóverseny (2017) 1 copy

The Charlie Moon Collection: "Here Comes Charlie Moon", "Charlie Moon and the B (Bodley Head Fiction) 1 copy

Autumn -The nursery collection 1 copy

Charlie the Tramp 1 copy

Summer - The Nursery Collection (2016) 1 copy

Alfie Collection: Alfie Gets in First, Alfie's Feet, an Evening at Alfie's, Alfie Gives a Hand (2011) 1 copy

Léon Klaxon, t.1 (2014) 1 copy

The Twelve Dancing Princesses (1965) 1 copy

Alfie - Alfie's numbers 1 copy

Work Explorer

Associated Works

The Secret Garden (1911) — Illustrator, some editions — 35,394 copies

Little Women (1868) — Illustrator, some editions — 26,524 copies

The Velveteen Rabbit (1922) — Introduction, some editions — 14,074 copies

The Little Broomstick (1971) — Illustrator, some editions — 300 copies

The Bell Family (1954) — Illustrator — 273 copies

The Witch's Daughter (1966) — Illustrator, some editions — 222 copies

New Town (1960) — Illustrator, some editions — 143 copies

The Flight of the Heron (1925) — Cover artist, some editions — 134 copies

When My Naughty Little Sister Was Good (1968) — Illustrator — 131 copies

My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry (1974) — Illustrator — 112 copies

The Thirteen Days of Christmas (1972) — Illustrator, some editions — 92 copies

The Lost Angel (1971) — Illustrator, some editions — 82 copies

The Three Toymakers (1946) — Illustrator — 80 copies

Stories for Seven Year Olds (1964) — Illustrator, some editions — 72 copies

Fell Farm Campers (1960) — Illustrator, some editions — 66 copies

Squib (1971) — Illustrator, some editions — 59 copies

Celebrate Cricket: 30 Years of Stories and Art (2003) — Contributor — 43 copies

It's Fun To Be Five (2000) — Contributor — 36 copies

The Complete My Naughty Little Sister Storybook (1997) — Illustrator — 30 copies

Childhood Favourites: A Collection to Treasure (Anthology) (2000) 29 copies

My Naughty Little Sister Storybook (1991) — Illustrator — 28 copies

Flowering Spring (1960) — Illustrator — 28 copies

Chocolate Porridge and Other Stories (1989) — Illustrator, some editions — 26 copies

Mystery on the Fourteenth Floor (1964) — Illustrator — 23 copies

Trouble With Dragons (1978) — Illustrator — 16 copies

By Special Request (1953) — Illustrator — 15 copies

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales - Retold by E. Jean Roberton from the Original English Version by Caroline Peachey (1961) — Illustrator — 14 copies

Tattercoats, and other folk tales (1976) — Illustrator, some editions — 12 copies

The Bronze Chrysanthemum (1961) — Illustrator — 11 copies

The First Margaret Mahy Story Book (1972) — Illustrator — 9 copies

Hundreds and Hundreds (1984) — Contributor — 8 copies

Witchdust (1980) — Illustrator — 5 copies

The New Tenants — Illustrator — 5 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 4, December 1976 (1976) — Illustrator — 4 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 7, March 1976 (1976) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 5, January 1978 (1978) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 5, January 1977 (1977) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 5, January 1976 (1976) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 10, June 1976 — Illustrator — 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 8, April 1976 (1976) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 9, May 1981 (1981) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4, December 1975 — Illustrator — 2 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 4, December 1980 — Illustrator — 2 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 9, May 1977 (1977) — Illustrator — 2 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 4, December 1977 (1977) — Illustrator — 2 copies

Varoom! 11 (2009) — Contributor — 2 copies

Mary Kate and the Jumble Bear (1967) — Illustrator — 1 copy

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 10, June 1977 — Illustrator — 1 copy

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 11, July 1977 — Illustrator — 1 copy

Federico (1971) — Illustrator, some editions — 1 copy

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 12, August 1978 (1978) — Illustrator — 1 copy

Illustrators 32 (1980) — Contributor — 1 copy

Illustrators 33 : black and white (1980) — Contributor — 1 copy

Illustration, Autumn 2006, issue 9 : The hunt for Lewis Carroll's snark (2006) — Contributor — 1 copy

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 8, April 1977 (1977) — Illustrator — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1927-07-16
Date of death: 2022-02-25
Gender: female
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: West Kirby, England, UK
Places of residence: London, England, UK
Education: West Kirby High School
Liverpool School of Art
Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford
Occupations: writer
illustrator
children's book author
Relationships: Vulliamy, John (husband|1952|his death|2007)
Vulliamy, Ed (son)
Vulliamy, Clara (daughter)
Vulliamy, C. E. (father-in-law)
Organizations: Society of Authors
Public Lending Right
Library and Information Services Council
Awards and honors: Eleanor Farjeon Award (1984)
Liverpool John Moores University (honorary fellow)
Order of the British Empire (Officer ∙ 1999)
Action for Children's Arts (J. M. Barrie Award|2010)

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Reviews

Dogger by Shirley Hughes

This book is about Dave, and his stuffed dog Dogger. Dave lost Dogger and he was very sad. Dave went to the fair and found Dogger had been put on one of the toy tables, and another girl bought him. Then Dave's sister Bella traded her toy to get Dogger back. I think this would be a good book for kindergarteners and preschoolers, as it would fit the best with that age.

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ChrisHoltGFU | 52 other reviews | Apr 22, 2024 |

Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes

I'm fairly clued up about the Resistance in France in WWII, but far less so about the situation of the partisans in Italy, so I seized upon this story by Shirley Hughes - her first for older children. Its main characters are two teenage children in Florence left with their English mother as their partisan father is - who knows here? - involved in the anti-Fascist struggle. There's also 13 year old Paolo's dog, and even more crucially, his bicycle. Hughes paints a convincing picture of a life of privation and fear under occupation, and makes clear that it's far too simple to think of war as being Goodies versus Baddies. It's a story of love and fear that should provoke thought as well as excite the imagination of its target readership. It would make a cracking film, too.… (more)

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Margaret09 | 9 other reviews | Apr 15, 2024 |

Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes

great story end WW II in Italy - true to life
helped me understand how marriages between soldiers and Italian (or French or English) women could happen

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Overgaard | 9 other reviews | Mar 25, 2024 |