Out and About: A First Book of Poems

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Hughes won a second Greenaway (no illustrator has won three) for Ella's Big Chance (2003), her own adaptation of Cinderella, set in the 1920s. [5] [6] It was published in the U.S. as Ella's Big Chance: A Jazz-Age Cinderella (Simon & Schuster, 2004). She was also a three-time Greenaway commended runner up: for Flutes and Cymbals: Poetry for the Young (1968), a collection compiled by Leonard Clark; for Helpers (Bodley Head, 1975), which she wrote and illustrated; and for The Lion and the Unicorn (Bodley Head, 1998), which she wrote and illustrated (Highly Commended). [29] [a] Rebecca Cobb. Photograph: Macmillan Rebecca Cobb: ‘The more I look at Hughes’s illustrations the more I appreciate all the little details’

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. In 1952 she married John Vulliamy; he died in 2007. She is survived by their three children, Ed, a journalist, Clara, an author and illustrator, and Tom, a research scientist.Her exceptional contribution to children’s books was widely recognised, with awards for individual titles including the Children’s Rights Workshop Other award, a prize that celebrated diversity in children’s books, for Helpers (1975); and a second Kate Greenaway medal, for Ella’s Big Chance (2003). She received the Eleanor Farjeon award for services to children’s literature in 1984, and was the first winner of the BookTrust lifetime achievement award, in 2015. She was appointed OBE in 1999 and CBE in 2017. Kate Greenaway Medal". 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University ( CCSU). Retrieved 25 June 2012. Youde, Kate (2 October 2011). "Shirley Hughes: What children want". The Independent. London . Retrieved 2 March 2022. Philip Pullman. Photograph: Ulf Andersen/Getty Images Philip Pullman: ‘Inimitable, beloved, immortal’ She then studied at the Ruskin in Oxford. According to her autobiography, A Life Drawing (2002), her application to Oxford was based on the misinformation that the city had an ice rink and she “rather fancied myself on ice”. At Ruskin, she studied life drawing, laying the foundation for so much of her later illustrations.

Ashmolean Museum: Features – Exhibitions – More Details". Ashmolean.org . Retrieved 26 January 2011. Shirley was just the person that those who loved her illustrations would expect her to be. Usually in a hat, she was effortlessly elegant and graceful, and wonderful company: funny, insightful and kind with a laugh that was both loud and heartfelt.Carnegie of Carnegies & Greenaway of Greenaways". Christchurch City Libraries Blog. 22 June 2007. Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 3 December 2012. The poems are short, expressive and capture each of the seasons and experiences as the child is “Out and About” the neighborhood or down at the seaside. It has been said by Philip Pullman, “Shirley Hughes is a national treasure.” How true. Families will treasure this delightful book and probably pass it along to future generations. GIVEAWAY - 1 Copy of "Out and About: A First Book of Poems" - Begins July 5 & ENDS July 23 @ 12:01 a.m. EDT. A cross curricular link to science would be when teaching about seasonal changes as this book has poems relating to every season.

Pullman wins 'Carnegie of Carnegies'". Michelle Pauli. guardian.co.uk 21 June 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2012.

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British children’s author of the His Dark Materials trilogy and president of the Society of Authors In the next session you could talk to the children about being ‘out and about’ what they think it means and their experiences of being outdoors. In literacy you could use this book. To start the topic you could ask them to look at the front cover and talk about the illustration and the title and what type of book they think this is. She enjoyed frequent visits to the theatre with her mother, which gave her a love for observing people and a desire to create. [18] In addition to her own work, Shirley battled hard for the cause of illustrators and authors, serving on the management committees of the Society of Authors, Public Lending Right and the Library and Information Services Council.