Product Description

Any old weather is Alfie weather, and as Alfie demonstrates, there's always lots to do come rain or shine. Whether it's exploring frozen puddles on a frosty winter's day or wading in a cool stream on a hot summer's afternoon, Alfie's world is a great place to be!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14051 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
In Alfie Weather Shirley Hughes gives little kids and grown-up folk a treat as she follows her best-loved character, Alfie, through the seasons. As ever, Hughes combines her classic illustrations--beautifully detailed and evocative--with simple, rhythmic text that work together to bring the pleasures and pains of toddlerdom to effervescent life.

From the joys of splashing in puddles, to the first experience of walking in the crispest of snow, and back to the warmth of the sun, Alfie Weather perfectly captures the thoughts and emotions of small children on their voyage of discovery. As ever, Shirley Hughes has created the perfect picture book for sharing with this stunning book of poems and short stories. Age 2 and over. --Susan Harrison.

About the Author
Shirley Hughes was born and grew up in West Kirby, near Liverpool. She trained at Liverpool Art School and the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford. She began her career as a freelance interpretive illustrator, but when her children were very young she turned her attention to writing and illustrating children's books. Her first book, Lucy and Tom's Day was published in 1960, and to date she has illustrated over 200 books.

Customer Reviews

A lilting holiday read with the children
We'd met Alfie and Annie Rose before, of course, but we took this one on holiday with us last year and it'll always remind me of blissfully happy bedtime stories in the house by the beach.

As always it's a wonderful Shirley Hughes blend of nostalgic images, full of life and crafted with realism, and her special brand of storytelling, with tales told in just the way you'd expect pre-school Alfie to tell them.

Grandma's house in the country feels so real that I'm left wondering if it exists more than just in Hughes's imagination. My favourite story - Winter Stars - evokes memories of nights in country cottages, the shortest days and of childlike wonderment at the treasures of the heavens.

There is the usual sprinkling of Hughes's honest, natural verse. Our own relationship with the local urban fox is forever tempered by the assurance that "No matter what people say, The town fox is here to stay."

Like so many of her earlier works, Alfie Weather is a book my children and I will cherish forever.

Another great Shirley Hughes story
Another lovely Alfie book with fantastic illustrations. My four year old son loves Alfie. Alfie has a little sister, like my son and is sometimes naughty, like my son! Alfie stories always go down well at any time of the day but especially bedtime. I definitely recommend them.

Fun for children
This is a most enjoyable read for young children & describes the seasons so well! Highly recommended.