Shirley Hughesさんのイラストまとめ

Mum and Alfie went for a walk. The puddles in the lane were iced over. But it was thin ice and you could see the water underneath. Between the water and the ice were white frosty stars.

Alfie Weather

That night Alfie lay awake until very late. Grandma had put a night-light by the door which made a pattern of stars on the ceiling.

From Winter Stars, one of the stories in Alfie Weather

The neighbours pitched in and shovelled and spread too.
Only a small hill of concrete was left beside the front door. It had set so hard that nothing in the world would shift it.

From The Big Concrete Lorry - now also available in Stories on My Street

Dad was so tired the next day that he didn’t get up early. Mum took him a cup of tea in bed. While the rest of the family were having breakfast, they heard a great noise in the street... On the side of the lorry was written Jiffy Ready-Mix Concrete Co

From The Big Concrete Lorry

The Patterson family lived at number twenty-six Trotter Street. There was Mum, Dad, Josie, Harvey and little Pete. Also Murdoch, their dog.

Taken from The Big Concrete Lorry (shown here in hardback, also in the new Stories on My Street collection)
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Then he opened the box and flung all the papers and letters and things that were inside the on to the bonfire. Just like that! They caught light instantly, and once again the cheerful flames leapt up.

Stories by Firelight

It was was nearly dark when they went outside, with only a streak of red left in the sky. William and Grandpa dragged the tree down to the rubbish heap... it was Grandpa’s special place and he spent a lot of time there, piling up leaves and garden rubbish.

Stories by Firelight

Happy New Year!

These illustrations are taken from Jonadab and Rita

Today’s illustrations are from Shirley’s story Angel Mae and the Christmas Baby

Now it’s bedtime. Lucy and Tom hang up their stockings at the end of their beds. They look at the sky. It’s beginning to snow.
Mum says, ‘Good, it’s going to be a white Christmas.’

From Lucy and Tom at Christmas