Gorgeous first chapter books with a chapter for each night of the week, created by the mother-daughter pairing of master storyteller Shirley Hughes, and her incredibly talented daughter Clara Vulliamy
Shirley was born in West Kirby, near Liverpool, and studied fashion
and dress design at Liverpool Art School, before continuing her
studies at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford. She
then embarked on a career as a freelance illustrator in London,
where she still lives today. Shirley began to write and draw her
own picture books when her children were young. Her first book -
Lucy and Tom's Day - was published in 1960, and she followed it
with, among others, Dogger and the Alfie series.
Shirley Hughes has won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration
twice, for Dogger in 1977 and for Ella's Big Chance in 2003. In
2007 Dogger was voted the public's favourite Greenaway winner of
all time. Shirley received an OBE in 1999 for services to
Children's Literature.
Clara was born in Notting Hill, and studied at Chelsea School of
Art, The Ruskin in Oxford, and The Royal Academy. She began her
career by doing illustrations in newspapers and magazines, and
started doing books for children when she had children of her own.
Clara lives in Twickenham with her husband and two grown-up
children.
The first in a witty and beautifully designed series for emerging
readers… Vulliamy’s crisp, lively images – black and white, with a
single colour on every page, plus diagrams and comical details –
deserve to be savoured
*The Sunday Times*
Toad of Toad Hall would enjoy this as bedtime reading… Vulliamy’s
perky drawings are as accessible as a superior comic and
guaranteed, alongside Hughes’s racey narrative, to get young
readers behind the wheel
*Observer*
This collaboration is one that many a children’s literature
enthusiast has been hoping for and awaiting with great trepidation
for a long, long time. It does not disappoint, for Dixie O’Day in
the Fast Lane is a gorgeous little book. Visually, the book is
stunning. The design of the book is also immaculate and so
attractive...
This feast of beautifully nostalgic merriment will definitely be a
winner with adults, but Dixie O’Day in the Fast Lane is first and
foremost a cleverly written chapter book for newly independent
readers...
Dixie O’Day in the Fast Lane is a little book to truly treasure,
which has all the ingredients to become a firm favourite with
little readers.
*Library Mice blog*
This is perfect for new readers with fun and lively illustrations
punctuating the story throughout
*The Bookseller*
Children of this age will chuckle at the first of a series by
mother and daughter duo Shirley Hughes and Clara Vulliamy... it
stars friends Dixie O'Day and his sidekick Percy. Daring Dixie
loves custard creams, watching cookery programmes and driving his
sports car to the seaside with Percy. The book also includes maps
and a list of games to play on car journeys, just the ticket for
the festive season.
*Daily Express*
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