A Life Drawing: a lovely book to dip in to- By: , 09 Sep 2003 I decided to buy this book because I always loved Shirley Hughes's stories when I was a child. It is beautifully presented - there are so many sketches put together & photographs from Shirley Hughes’s youth. It is a warm & cosy book that is a joy to be dippedin to. Shirley Hughes is such a good author & this biography is full of more funny little anecdotes. It is interesting to see a range of pictures & sketches she has done that are not all linked to her children books.