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Shirley Hughes


UK flag (1927 - 2022)
Mother of Clara Vulliamy

Shirley Hughes 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. She illustrated other writers' work, including Noel Streatfeild, Alison Uttley, Ian Seraillier, Margaret Mahy and notably Dorothy Edwards's My Naughty Little Sister series.
 


Genres: Children's Fiction
 
Series
Lucy and Tom
   Lucy and Tom's Day (1960)
   Lucy and Tom Go to School (1973)
     aka Lucy and Tom at School
   Lucy and Tom At the Seaside (1976)
   Lucy and Tom's Christmas (1981)
   Lucy and Tom's ABC (1984)
   Lucy and Tom's 1 2 3 (1987)
   Lucy and Tom (2000)
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Dogger
   Dogger (1977)
   Dogger's Christmas (2020)
   The Adventures of Dogger (2021)
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Olly and Me
   Hiding (1994)
   Let's Join in (1998)
   Bouncing (2004)
   Olly and Me (2004)
   Olly and Me 1-2-3 (2009)
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Dixie O'Day
   1. In The Fast Lane (2013)
   2. The Great Diamond Robbery (2014)
   The Haunted House (2015)
   Up, Up and Away (2015)
   On his Bike (2016)
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Novels
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Collections
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Picture Books show
 
Graphic Novels show
 
Chapter Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Award nominations
2013 Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book (nominee) : Hero on a Bicycle


Shirley Hughes recommends
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The Children of the King (2014)
Sonya Hartnett
"Beautifully written."

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