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Her most famous book, Dogger, is about a toy dog who is lost by a small boy, but is then reunited with his owner after being found in a jumble sale. This book was inspired by her son, Ed, who lost his favourite teddy in Holland Park. A real Dogger also existed, and was on display along with the rest of her work at her exhibition in London and Oxford. [18]

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Honorary degree for favourite children's author". chester.ac.uk. 17 December 2012 . Retrieved 17 December 2012.

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I was told my books were much too English to be accepted abroad but then I wrote Dogger, a book which is all about a jumble sale, so quintessentially English – and that was my big international breakthrough. Then of course Alfie came along. Alfie would be 35 if he grew up. But he’s not based on anyone in my family. Not my son Ed as is sometimes thought. Booktrust, the UK's largest reading charity, awarded Hughes their first lifetime achievement award in 2015. [9] Oh very much an illustrator. I started as an illustrator of other people’s books and I did all kinds of stuff before I wrote my own books. My big break was illustrating the wonderful My Naughty Little Sister books by Dorothy Edwards. You’re as good as your text when you’re an illustrator and these books are terrific. Then someone suggested I should do a book of my own, and I wrote and illustrated Lucy and Tom – that was 55 years ago!

Out and About: A First Book of Poems by Shirley Hughes

Roper, Kerri-Ann (2 March 2022). "Children's author and illustrator Shirley Hughes dies aged 94". www.standard.co.uk . Retrieved 2 March 2022. Youde, Kate (2 October 2011). "Shirley Hughes: What children want". The Independent. London . Retrieved 2 March 2022.Popular children's author to receive honorary degree – University of Liverpool". Liv.ac.uk. 8 July 2004 . Retrieved 26 January 2011. From time to time, I come across books written and illustrated in such a way that my heart is warmed and blessed. They might not necessarily be religious in content or from a Christian publisher. Yet, they are a blessing to look at and to absorb the words. Such is the case in my experience with Out and About: A First Book of Poems by Shirley Hughes. Shirley Hughes illustrated over two hundred children's books and is renowned as a champion of children's literature. She has been the recipient of the Other Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award. She was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in2010, which rewards the best in contemporary children's and young adult literature from all over the world.

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Were the characters of Whistling in the Dark based on people that you knew and thing that happened to you? Hughes died on 25 February 2022 at her home in London. She was 94, and suffered from a brief illness prior to her death. [11] [14] She was paid tribute to by the UK's largest children's reading charity, the BookTrust, who said they were "devastated" by her death and that her "incredible stories and illustrations, from Dogger to Alfie and Lucy and Tom, have touched so many generations and are still so loved. Thank you, Shirley.” [26] Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse, praised her, noting that she "began the reading lives of so many millions." [11] Awards [ edit ] He was sentenced to life in prison in 1992 and was beaten to death by a fellow inmate two years later at age 34. Netflix wasn’t required to consult victims’ families because the events it portrays are public record, but the way things went down re-traumatized the loved ones of those murdered by Dahmer, Perry added.Alfie starred in many subsequent stories, along with his little sister Annie Rose, including An Evening at Alfie’s, Alfie Gives a Hand and Alfie Wins a Prize. Their simple childhood adventures, set in a British urban world of birthday parties, park visits and local fairs, were fittingly modernised over the years and continued to delight generations of children and their parents, with the most recent book in the series, Alfie on Holiday, published in 2019. A subsequent victim who escaped from Dahmer alive ultimately led to his being convicted of 16 murders. Prosecutors determined that Dahmer mainly lured his victims to his apartment under the guise of sexual interest, drugged them, strangled them or otherwise killed them, and sometimes performed sex acts with their corpses before dismembering them. Ashmolean Museum: Features – Exhibitions – More Details". Ashmolean.org . Retrieved 26 January 2011.

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