Alfie and Annie Rose.
If you haven't met the two children who star in several of Shirley Hughes' books, run, don't walk to get yourself a copy. Arlington libraries has several. I can't think of another author/illustrator who captures childhood, both the way it feels to the child and the parent, so poignantly without the slightest trace of sticky-sweetness. Absolutely wonderful. Fair warning--once these books come into your house, they will be requested again and again. A couple of these, The Big Alfie Out of Doors Book, and The Big Alphie and Annie Rose Storybook, rotate as my daughter's favorites. Enjoy!
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