PreviewsAlison Hughes

  • Beatrice More and the Perfect Party

    Alison Hughes, Helen Flook (Illustrator)

    In this follow-up to Beatrice More Moves In, super-organized Beatrice is planning the most special birthday party for her little (less organized) sister, Sophie, even though her parents’ attempts to help make it difficult.

  • Hide and Shriek

    Alison Hughes

    A Friday-night game of hide- and-seek, after the town’s new curfew, leads Emily, Tess, Cam, and Dylan into the kind of danger where they need to put their hide-and-seek skills to work for real.

  • Le Silence se glisse près de toi

    Alison Hughes, Ninon Pelletier (Illustrator), Rachel Martinez (Translator)

    Voici une histoire tout en douceur, aux illustrations vaporeuses et au texte réconfortant, sur la façon de trouver le calme dans l’agitation qui nous entoure. With soft illustrations and soothing text, this is a quiet story about learning to find comfort in silence when the world becomes too busy and noisy.

  • The Cold Little Voice

    Alison Hughes, Jan Dolby (Illustrator)

    When that voice inside our heads tells us we aren’t good enough or smart enough or that we can’t do anything right, we can learn to overcome it with some self-acceptance and love.

  • The Silence Slips In

    Alison Hughes, Ninon Pelletier (Illustrator)

    With soft illustrations and soothing text, this is a quiet story about learning to find comfort in silence when the world becomes too busy and noisy.

  • Watch Out

    Alison Hughes

    Fifteen-year-old Charlie Swift is staying home from school to help his injured football-star brother, who is in a hip-to-toe cast. But when he hears about burglaries in the neighbourhood, he decides to use some of his time investigating, and gets a bit too close to the thief for comfort.