Blogs Back to Home Top Story A Summer Adventure with Summer Stars 30 May 2024 Summer Stars runs from Tues 4 June to Sat 31 August. Get Reading! Now that school is over you can still spark your imagination, join in activities and take part in our exciting Summer Stars challenge. Read More Fulltext search Search Shirley Hughes, a Children's Favourite Children's author and illustrator Shirley Hughes (b. 1927) has just become the first person to win the inaugural Book Trust Lifetime Achievement Award. This new award is for making "an outstanding contribution to children's literature".Hughes is best known as the creator of the beautifully illustrated Alfie picture books and the picture book 'Dogger', the latter winning the Kate Greenaway medal for book illustration in 1977. Dogger has also been voted the public’s favourite Kate Greenaway Medal winner of all time. Hughes again won the Kate Greenaway medal in 2003 for 'Ella's Big Chance', her adaptation of the Cinderella story. In total she has authored more than 50 books and illustrated over 200.Image © Shirley Hughes, 1992Shirley Hughes wrote her first children's novel, 'Hero on a Bicycle' in 2012, while her second such novel, 'Whistling in the Dark' has just been published.Congratulations to Shirley Hughes!Check the catalogue for all books by Shirley Hughes.Read more about the Book Trust Lifetime Achievement Award.Read an interview with Shirley Hughes (The Guardian, 6 July 2015)Below: Just some of the titles available in Pearse Street Library Read More
Top Story A Summer Adventure with Summer Stars 30 May 2024 Summer Stars runs from Tues 4 June to Sat 31 August. Get Reading! Now that school is over you can still spark your imagination, join in activities and take part in our exciting Summer Stars challenge. Read More
Shirley Hughes, a Children's Favourite Children's author and illustrator Shirley Hughes (b. 1927) has just become the first person to win the inaugural Book Trust Lifetime Achievement Award. This new award is for making "an outstanding contribution to children's literature".Hughes is best known as the creator of the beautifully illustrated Alfie picture books and the picture book 'Dogger', the latter winning the Kate Greenaway medal for book illustration in 1977. Dogger has also been voted the public’s favourite Kate Greenaway Medal winner of all time. Hughes again won the Kate Greenaway medal in 2003 for 'Ella's Big Chance', her adaptation of the Cinderella story. In total she has authored more than 50 books and illustrated over 200.Image © Shirley Hughes, 1992Shirley Hughes wrote her first children's novel, 'Hero on a Bicycle' in 2012, while her second such novel, 'Whistling in the Dark' has just been published.Congratulations to Shirley Hughes!Check the catalogue for all books by Shirley Hughes.Read more about the Book Trust Lifetime Achievement Award.Read an interview with Shirley Hughes (The Guardian, 6 July 2015)Below: Just some of the titles available in Pearse Street Library Read More