Alfie Gets in First

Author(s): Shirley Hughes

Nostalgic Picture Books

Alfie and his mum and baby sister, Annie Rose, arrive home after shopping. While his mum struggles with the pushchair outside, Alfie rushes inside and slams the door behind him. So now Alfie's stuck inside and his mum and Annie Rose are stuck outside without a key! Soon everyone in the street is trying to help rescue Alfie - but he's got a plan of his own...

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A timeless picture book, and the first in the hugely popular Alfie series, now at a larger size and given a wonderfully fresh, classic new look

Shirley Hughes 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. Now living in London's Notting Hill, Shirley Hughes has illustrated over two hundred children's books. She was honoured with an O. B. E. in 1999 for her outstanding contribution to children's literature and has been the recipient of the Other Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award.

General Fields

  • : 9781862307834
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : 0.17
  • : January 2009
  • : 250mm X 250mm X 3mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Shirley Hughes
  • : Paperback
  • : 709
  • : Shirley Hughes
  • : English
  • : 823.914
  • : 32
  • : Picture storybooks
  • : chiefly col. Illustrations