Only two years ago, in her nineties, she revived the heartwarming tale more than 40 years after the original book with Dogger's Christmas.

Expressed in few words, the realisation that Dogger has gone dawns slowly on Dave, which avoids the need for that dreaded word ‘Suddenly’. Not only is Dogger’s presence underscored in both the text and in the illustration, the sentence about Dogger being pushed up to the fence is the last sentence on that page. Themes running throughout the Dogger story include loss, gratitude, friendship, family and kindness. Here, you'll find a collection of teaching materials designed to keep your KS1 class engaged when learning about the Dogger story by Shirley Hughes.

The next day Dave and his family go to the school fair where Dave sees Dogger on sale for 5p, but he doesn't have enough money and is left heart broken when Dogger is bought by a little girl. That night in bed Dave expresses his gratitude to his big sister and his big sister says she didn’t have any room for any more teddies anyhow. They haven't been made yet and we aren't taking new book-specific requests at the moment, but I'll pass your suggestion onto our resource creation team to add to our bank of ideas.

Dogger won the public vote and thus it was named the all-time "Greenaway of Greenaways" on 21 June 2007. I love the illustration where Dad is out in the garden with a torch and Bella and mum stand by the door while dave looks forlornly out of his bedroom window.They added on Twitter: 'It is with deepest sorrow that we announce that Shirley died peacefully in her sleep at home on Friday 25th February. Yet apart from pink pyjamas, Bella is dressed androgynously — her femaleness is not important to the story — she is first and foremost a kindly older sibling, and I really appreciate this about the character. The inset image of Dave washing his dog links the idea to the mother hanging Dogger on the washing line. The main character Dave had a little teddy Dog which he adored, I was able to relate it to the children asking them if they had a little teddy or toy they cherished.

This will support you to draw your own story map which is really important when teaching in the Talk for Writing style. I found in this book that you could ask questions about feelings and get the children to empathise with the characters. As a counterpoint, the little girl with the bow in her hair and the dress behaves like a spoilt brat, with no empathy for Davey who has lost his precious toy. You and your child should take it in turns to set up a treasure hunt where you hide an item and have to give instructions / clues to help each other find what has been hidden.In the meantime Dave’s big sister Bella is delighted with herself as she has just won a shiny new teddy bear with a shiny blue bow in the raffle.

Hughes was definitely not a part of the new media trend, in which it is thought that children are drawn irresistibly towards characters with big eyes.Shirley Hughes began the reading lives of so many millions': Tributes to children's author and illustrator of Alfie and Dogger books after her death at 94. Our own copy as a child had been cancelled from a local library and was covered in yellowing sellotape. I have derived so much fulfilment from my long career, first as an illustrator of other artists' stories and then creating my own. Beloved children's author and illustrator Shirley Hughes has died after a short illness at the age of 94, her family said today.