His baby brother has his ‘hard toys for chewing on’, his sister Bella has her teddies, but Dave finds full satisfaction in his Dogger. If this is something that we are able to create for you we will be in touch, however I am not able to give you a timescale as to when this may be created. Three is a perfect number of obstacles, because by the third obstacle the reader is clear that getting Dogger back is going to be no simple matter. 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.

She was appointed a CBE in 2017 for her services to Children's Literature, having been made an OBE in 1999. Shirley Hughes was born in West Kirby, near Liverpool, in 1927, and studied fashion and dress design at Liverpool Art School, before continuing her studies at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford.Most importantly, Bella's open-hearted self-sacrifice epitomizes the kindness that siblings ought to express toward one another. His big sister comes to the rescue and swaps a giant teddy for her brothers Dogger, making Dave a very very happy little boy. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below.

Again, this is a beautiful use of childlike vocabulary, and the reader is left with warm feelings towards both Bella and Dave. Family is a constant throughout many of Shirley Hughes' stories, with brothers and sisters introduced and featured as main characters within the the story.Apart from providing a lovely distraction to both character and reader, this detail is just the sort of thing a child like Dave would remember. Dogger is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Shirley Hughes, published by The Bodley Head in 1977.