In the meantime, have a look at our fabulous Create tool which will give you access to a wide range of illustrations and templates. She said at the time: 'Being chosen for the BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award is a tremendous honour which I appreciate more than I can say. A post on Hughes' Twitter on the day she died quoted a passage from her book on Alfie Weather, showing illustrations of his mother helping him through a stream. We know printing lots of resources for your children can be costly so be sure to look for our eco-friendly, ink-saving versions to keep your printing costs as low as possible - plus they’re kinder to the environment too!

Shirley Hughes is the illustrator of more than two hundred children’s books and has won many prestigious awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal twice.An activity with the teacher, the teaching assistant and independent activities that the children will get to do all of over 2 lessons. Shirley's incredible stories and illustrations, from Dogger to Alfie and Lucy and Tom, have touched so many generations and are still so loved. If represented by animals, the female animals will have heavier eyelashes, redder lips or a bow on their head. The combination of good character building, gripping storyline and colourful and extremely detailed illustrations, means that the reader cannot help but empathise with the protagonist, Dave, as the story unfolds.

Best of all has been perennially encountering very young children who are learning to look with such rapt pleasure and follow a story visually long before they are able to read. This heart-warming picture book is a deserving winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration.Here, you'll find a collection of teaching materials designed to keep your KS1 class engaged when learning about the Dogger story by Shirley Hughes. Hughes won the 1977 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. The school community is also a central theme to the story with Dogger lost when they go to collect Bella from school and found at the school summer fete. Yet apart from pink pyjamas, Bella is dressed androgynously — her femaleness is not important to the story — she is first and foremost a kindly older sibling, and I really appreciate this about the character.

Features editor at Penguin Alice Vincent posted: 'Saw Shirley Hughes at Oxford Literary Festival, ages ago, with my mum. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page. Shirley Hughes manages to tread that fine line between emotionally affecting and twee without ever falling into the cutesy pie.Beloved children's author and illustrator Shirley Hughes has died after a short illness at the age of 94, her family said today. This title gave me such a warm feeling of nostalgia, whilst one of the children dressed up as a Dalek during the school fair exemplifies the quintessential British charm of Hughes timeless tale. In the meantime Dave’s big sister Bella is delighted with herself as she has just won a shiny new teddy bear with a shiny blue bow in the raffle. The story delves into the theme of 'belongings' and of the importance of having special objects to cherish.