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Enchantment in the Garden (Red Fox picture books)

Enchantment in the Garden (Red Fox picture books)

by ShirleyHughes (Author)

Synopsis

A lonely little girl whispers in the ear of a marble statue and breathes life into his soul...And so the magic in this wonderful story book from one of our finest writer/illustrators begins to weave its web.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 64
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Red Fox
Published: 03 Sep 1998
ISBN 10: 009964441X
ISBN 13: 9780099644415
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years
 Book Overview: Valerie lives with her rich Italian father and American mother in a beautiful Italian house. One afternoon she slips away from her governess in the park to see her favourite statue, Cherubino, the boy on the dolphin. Imagine her surprise when the statue comes to life.

Media Reviews
A storybook with echoes of Frances Hodgson Burnett. . . --Kirkus Reviews
-A storybook with echoes of Frances Hodgson Burnett. . .- --Kirkus Reviews
Author Bio
Shirley was born in West Kirby, near Liverpool, and studied fashion and dress design at Liverpool Art School, before continuing her studies at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford. She then embarked on a career as a freelance illustrator in London, where she still lives today. She illustrated other writers' work, including Noel Streatfeild, Alison Uttley, Ian Seraillier, Margaret Mahy and notably Dorothy Edwards's My Naughty Little Sister series. Shirley began to write and draw her own picture books when her children were young. Her first book - Lucy and Tom's Day - was published in 1960, and she followed it with, among others, Dogger and the Alfie series. Shirley Hughes has won the Other Award, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, and the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration twice, for Dogger in 1977 and for Ella's Big Chance in 2003. In 2007 Dogger was voted the public's favourite Greenaway winner of all time. Shirley received an OBE in 1999 for services to Children's Literature.