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Alfie & The Birthday Surprise

Alfie & The Birthday Surprise

by ShirleyHughes (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

    $9.95
Synopsis

Birthday parties always make people happy and Alfie's neighbour, Mr MacNally, really does need cheering up because his beloved cat, Smoky, has died. Alfie thinks a party might just help, and there's an extra special surprise in store for Bob MacNally...Join Alfie as he tries to keep a secret in this celebration of pets old and new.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 32
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Red Fox
Published: 02 Jul 2009
ISBN 10: 1862307873
ISBN 13: 9781862307872
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years
 Book Overview: Losing a pet can be terribly sad, but Alfie is on hand to help in this heartwarming story. Make a friend for life in Alfie!

Media Reviews
Shirley Hughes' warmth and ability to capture the emotions of the under-5s remain unrivalled * Financial Times *
Text and artwork coalesce in a tender story * Parents Magazine *
A directness and a simplicity which conjures an appealing little world that most young children are pleased to dip into . . . A firm favourite * West Sussex Gazette *
Makes for excellent bedtime reading * Irish Examiner *
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, and a CBE in 2017. She is the first recipient of Booktrust's Lifetime Achievement Award.