By Sun and Candlelight

By Sun and Candlelight

by ShirleyHughes (Author)

Synopsis

This stunning gift collection that celebrates the riches of a lifetime with poems and writings to mark each of the major milestones - childhood, young adulthood, falling in love, family life, growing older and death.

'With delightful illustrations, it is a gem that promises to delight for a lifetime.' - Daily Record

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 112
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 04 Nov 2010

ISBN 10: 0340989645
ISBN 13: 9780340989647
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media Reviews
Shirley Hughes is a national treasure -- Philip Pullman * School Librarian *
A book for all the family * Carousel *
Beautiful. For adults to rediscover, for children to delight in and for both to share together. * Carousel *
With delightful illustrations, it is a gem that promises to delight for a lifetime * Scottish Daily Record *
An anthology of verse and prose for all ages, much enhanced by Shirley Hughes' illustrations. * Spectator *
Perfect for reading together. * Daily Express *
A beautiful book. * School Librarian *
So many images that show the artist's skill, her insight and her quiet humanity. * School Librarian *
With delightful illustrations, it is a gem that promises to delight for a lifetime. * 11/01/14 *
Author Bio
Shirley Hughes is one of the best-loved and most highly respected children`s illustrators working today. She trained at the Liverpool School of Art and then at the Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford. Her first picture book was published in 1960. Overall she has illustrated more than 200 books. She won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1977, the Eleanor Farjeon Awward in 1984 and an OBE in 1999.