Alfie Gets in First

I bought this book as my three year old daughter loves to race ahead to get into any room / up the stairs before us. She understood straight away why I bought it! The illustrations are beautiful of course, and it really is a timeless story. Shirley really understood families and how children behave in a way that will make these classics forever.

A little story beginning middle end - a pleasure for adults to read to little people ! A story about coping, overcoming and being brave after a mistake . Part of v early childhood learning how to navigate the basics of life - but beautifully simply done … And the Illustrations are so detailed - they tell the story themselves.. My grandson (3 plus) loved it - so him! Rushing into everything and then the consequences ! But all works out so well in the end - of course ! :)

This book was bought as a present for a boy named Alfie, we bought this book as it is my daughter's favourite Alfie story and she felt that her friend Alfie would like an Alfie book for his birthday and as this one is her favourite it should be his!!! In this story Alfie runs ahead of his mother and baby sister enjoying being first home, he enters the house while his mother goes back to bring his sister in then Alfie closes the front door. The story is then all about Alfie's friends; neighbours, milkman and window cleaner all helping his mother join Alfie in the house. This book needs to be read by both the words and pictures as the pictures show you what Alfie is doing while the writing is telling the other side of the story. This means that your child can predict what is going to happen next, from the picture clues. We would recommend Alfie stories to anyone.

Now reading these to my granddaughter

Love the illustrations and the perfect characterisation of the children and family

Love reading these, love the prices and quick delivery, cannot fault

For me,Shirley Hughes is one of our top storybook tellers.Algie and Annie Rose are such lovely children doing all sorts of everyday adventures which we can relate to.Excellent book, excellent condition too.

My children loved this, and now my grandson does too. The rhythm of the prose is a pleasure to read out loud, and the illustrations are so detailed, there's so much more to talk about. Literally Wonderful.