If you’re looking for a simple for the very youngest children we recommend this one by 🥞🥙👩🏽‍🍳 It’s filled with lovely children can enjoy making with an adult including pancakes, smoothies, baked apples and gingerbread paws!

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Shirley Hughes, whose books depicted children's mini-dramas, dies at 94

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❤️ One of our favorites and best-es ✨📚✨📚✨

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R.I.P, love, light and happiness, the amazing and beloved whose illustrations and stories were at the heart of so many childhoods, mine included 💗

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As I pore over the messages about dearest serious digging has commenced in the road outside. The house is vibrating. I am taken straight back into her wonderful story The Big Concrete Lorry.

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I had the surprise pleasure of walking with back to the tube after a publishing event a few years ago; I was inwardly beside myself with delight. We chatted about illustration and bid each other a cheery goodnight.
A lifetime of lovely memories and influence.

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I was so sad to hear the news regarding the passing of Shirley Hughes, a beautiful artist and illustrator. I will always remember Mum reading us her stories before bed!

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So sad to hear of the loss of the truly wonderful Shirley Hughes.

A wonderful writer and a true part of our childhoods.

Dogger will alway be the perfect story of kindness and love.

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2/2 Whilst she is best known for Alfie, Dogger, Lucy & Tom and Out and About I’m taking a moment to enjoy these most favourite I adored Shirley and am so glad to champion her work.

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Join us tomorrow (06/04/21) at 4pm for Storytime with Ian & Orvie reading some fab kids books live on Facebook,
We're reading:
Almost Anything by (Published by )
Alfie & the Big Boys by (Published by )

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Our library is open with all our fave festive reads. Today we're sharing by (1990) and you can read along with us here https://t.co/SJS8VWov6P
Because wouldn't be Christmas without Shirley Hughes!

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When better than a wet Friday lunchtime to announce our first Q&A. Do you have a question for Shirley, perhaps about her artwork, technique, characters or stories? Shirley will answer as many questions as she can & we will post her replies here. Clare SHHQ

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One of my other favourites I absolutely have to share is Sally’s Secret - unbelievable that now I can really have tea in my own garden like a grown up lady

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Lots of her illustrations bring back the best of memories from my childhood. This one could have been me with all my teddies. I shared a bed with my older sister and she never had enough room

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Please raise a toast to Shirley Hughes on her birthday as we unveil the cover of Dogger's Christmas.
Shirley's wonderful new story about Dogger and Dave will be published on 29th October, and we can't wait to share it with you.

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Celebrating the amazing talents of this is my favourite... such joy in this picture

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