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Alfie and his mum and baby sister, Annie Rose, arrive home after shopping. While his mum struggles with the pushchair outside, Alfie rushes inside and slams the door behind him. So now Alfie's stuck INSIDE and his mum and Annie Rose are stuck OUTSIDE without a key! Soon everyone in the street is trying to help rescue Alfie - but he's got a plan of his own . . .

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Enormously satisfying. * The Guardian *
There's just something so reassuring about Hughes' colourful drawings of the day-to-day activities that you know inside out . . . Words and pictures merge seamlessly . . . Hughes is a magical storyteller with an instinctive understanding of the mind of the pre-schooler . . . She makes the ordinary extraordinary * Guardian *
Shirley Hughes is a national treasure -- Philip Pullman
Text and artwork are both delightful and sympathetically balanced * British Book News *

Alfie Gets in First

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    A Paperback / softback by Shirley Hughes

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      Book details

      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Red Fox
      Published 7 May 2009
      ISBN-13 9781862307834
      978-1862307834
      ISBN-10 1862307830
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      Children & Teen Baby, Toddler & Pre-School Books by Shirley Hughes

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Alfie and his mum and baby sister, Annie Rose, arrive home after shopping. While his mum struggles with the pushchair outside, Alfie rushes inside and slams the door behind him. So now Alfie's stuck INSIDE and his mum and Annie Rose are stuck OUTSIDE without a key! Soon everyone in the street is trying to help rescue Alfie - but he's got a plan of his own . . .

      Trade Review
      Enormously satisfying. * The Guardian *
      There's just something so reassuring about Hughes' colourful drawings of the day-to-day activities that you know inside out . . . Words and pictures merge seamlessly . . . Hughes is a magical storyteller with an instinctive understanding of the mind of the pre-schooler . . . She makes the ordinary extraordinary * Guardian *
      Shirley Hughes is a national treasure -- Philip Pullman
      Text and artwork are both delightful and sympathetically balanced * British Book News *

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