Shirley Hughes (1927-2022)

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“She will last as long as there are children.”

[L CC]

Two shoes new shoes bright shiny blue shoes.

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I loved the realism, warmth and humanity of her books. Alfie’s mum was clearly a hippy and the illustrations were of kids who probably had snotty noses.

[Tomsk]

Real children - messy and chaotic (and fun). Our cats are named after Shirley Hughes children - Alfie, even as a now rather middle-aged moggy, still plays 'Alfie Gets In First' in a race to the back door, often pretending he isn't playing then blasting through at the last-minute.

Her books were among our boys childhood favourites, along with Mairi Hedderwick's Katie Morag series.

Loved the 'What Do Artists Do All Day' programme on BBC4 fairly recently.

[Peter]

She was very popular in our house.  What a fabulous contribution.  RIP>
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When I first met my friend Pen, in 1976, she lived in a house which reminded me very much of Alfie's house, with the steps leading up to the front door.

This one

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She also gave us the fabulously-titled Dogger.