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SHIRLEY HUGHES.... her books are great, anybody else agree with me?

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tiredemma · 27/10/2005 20:41

what lovely pictures to go with the stories, my two boys love her books. I have just looked on amazon and am pleased to see that she has written lots and lots of stories, if you have read any, which ones can you recommend?

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gingerbear · 27/10/2005 21:55

Dernard

gingerbear · 27/10/2005 21:55

I can never be ar*ed to say 'Mrs MacNally's Maureen'. I always shorten it to Maureen.

I love the one about Mr MacNally's hat, where Alfie gives it to his mate the milkman to keep his head warm and the milkman uses it to put a sleeping puppy in. Stop me now, I am filling up....

cod · 27/10/2005 21:54

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tamum · 27/10/2005 21:53

Oh, me too clary- she seems to develop at a strange rate, doesn't she? Everything out of synch. I love the one where she says Bernard for the first time

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tiredemma · 27/10/2005 21:52

scaryclary- colours is their favourite. They sit in the bath while i read colours to them and they shout out the colours as i turn the page over.

they also love "bathwaters hot"

this is great- a shirley hughes appreciation thread!

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AnnieSG · 27/10/2005 21:51

Love, love, love her too.
We have the wonderful compendium, also a small hardback of 'Alfie gets in first'. I adore that story. I love Alfie and Mrs McNally and Mrs McNally's Maureen and all of it!

JanH · 27/10/2005 21:49

Oh yes, all that adds up, you were right, albs! (I remember the mask, gb! We used to have this book - and lots of other Shirleys - I can't imagine I got rid but maybe I did unless they are in a box somewhere which is very likely )

scaryclary · 27/10/2005 21:48

I love the big Alfie storybook and out of doors book too.
ALso the one about the colours - where yellow is "warm as the sun by our back door" mmmm I love her pictures.
We are always trying to work out how old Annie Rose is - shecan't really talk ("Proper Words") and is still in a high chair, but she is out of nappies except at at night ("An Evening at Alfie's") soooo - 20 mo and potty trained early??

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tiredemma · 27/10/2005 21:47

going to have to get the Alfie ones, its ds2's name so he will love them.

i cant believe just how popular they are!

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gingerbear · 27/10/2005 21:45

She is called Min, and Bernard is horrid to her - bursts a bubble that landed on her arm & frightens her with a tiger mask.

alittlebitscary · 27/10/2005 21:44

i may be wrong, maybe there are 2 similar ones. this one has alfie at bernard's party v v shy, but comes out of shell to help min who is even more scared than him.

ok, maybe you;re talking about a different one

moondog · 27/10/2005 21:43

He helps out a little girl there-that's what helps him to be brave.

JanH · 27/10/2005 21:41

Oh it's Alfie who goes to the party? Wonder why I thought it was a girl!

kate100 · 27/10/2005 21:40

I LOVE Shirley Hughes!!! I've read her in all my classes and the children have loved them. Now reading them to ds1. He had the anthology for his christening and it's great, not as many pictures, but very good value. I love dogger, but my favourtie is Alfie Gets in First.

alittlebitscary · 27/10/2005 21:35

JanH-is called alfie lends a hand!! love that one.

i loved them when i was small, and am so so so pleased dd does too- at 2 we've only got onto alfie, but keep meaning to pick up lucy and tom and angel mae in the library. must get dogger too.

or the choices.

moondog · 27/10/2005 21:34

I know it well Jan! Don't know what it's called exactly in English though.

RottenRhubarbWitch · 27/10/2005 21:34

LOVE HER LOVE HER! As do both my kids from 5 to 22 months, she is the favourite with them both!

gingerbear · 27/10/2005 21:33

Alfie and Annie-Rose are big hits with my DD. She loves when Alfie locks himself in, when he buys new boots, goes to a party and when he is a pageboy at Lynn's wedding.

JanH · 27/10/2005 21:32

And there is one where a child goes to a birthday party which takes place in somebody's back garden and she doesn't know anybody - which one is that, please?

flamebat · 27/10/2005 21:32

Not Shirley Hughes... but how about Molly Brett? Lovely pictures again, and The Forgotten Bear has got such a nice story.

moondog · 27/10/2005 21:32

Love her.So tender and full of humour.

We read her in Welsh.

JanH · 27/10/2005 21:30

I can't read Dogger either btw - it's not the losing so much as the ending

I just searched on amazon for her and was amazed at all her books I've never heard of!

JanH · 27/10/2005 21:27

The Lucy and Tom books are very sweet and old-fashioned - Lucy & Tom's Christmas, Lucy & Tom Go to School etc - several on Amazon.

Who knew that Shirley Hughes is the daughter of TJ Hughes?

Wordsmith · 27/10/2005 21:14

I saw the title of this thread and assumed my mum must have joined mumsnet! She loves Dogger and has just bought it for DS1 (5). She used to read it to her kids (schoolkids - she was a teacher) in the 70's.

Can't remember it myself but it is lovely.

flamebat · 27/10/2005 21:12

Added to the wishlist for DD for christmas!

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