By Shirley Hughes (author) , Shirley Hughes (illustrator) Part of the Lucy and Tom series
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Lucy has her school things ready. She has a new grey skirt, a pair of brown shoes, a pencil case and a satchel. Tom wishes that he had a satchel too.
Full of warmth and good humour, the happy simplicity of childhood is captured in this richly illustrated, classic picture book about two young children's first experience of school.
Winner of the Book Trust Lifetime Achievement Award 2015.
Shirley Hughes ( 1927 – 2022) was born and grew up in West Kirby, near Liverpool. She studied at Liverpool Art School and at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford, before embarking on a career as a freelance illustrator. At first she worked as an interpretive illustrator, but she began to write and design her own picture books when her children were very young. Her first book, Lucy and Tom's Day , was published in 1960.
Shirley Hughes illustrated over two hundred children's books and is renowned as a champion of children's literature. She has been the recipient of the Other Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award. She was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in2010, which rewards the best in contemporary children's and young adult literature from all over the world.
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And find an obituary to Shirley Hughes here.
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Lucy has her school things ready. She has a new grey skirt, a pair of brown shoes, a pencil case and a satchel.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Lucy and Tom at School and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Lucy and Tom at School features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, First Concepts, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, School Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Featured Books for 3+ readers
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Lucy and Tom at School was written by Shirley Hughes and published by Red Fox Picture Books an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Lucy and Tom at School has 32 pages
Yes it is part of Lucy and Tom series
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