The visible brushmarks and splodges of paint are designed to encourage children to pick up a brush and have a go at painting themselves. Tim Hopgood is an award-winning illustrator and author of books for children including the international best-seller What a Wonderful World, the hugely successful Wow!

Said the Owl while a chirpy crab with very big eyes tip taps as it counts its way around the seashore in Tip Tap went the Crab. A snail who gets under the feet of humans comes out of his shell at night and indulges his artistic tendencies by drawing - on walls, in parks. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Full of life as the pages shimmer, Here Comes Frankie is also full of noise as Frankie’s life is transformed when he starts to play the trumpet.

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In the vein of Eric Carle, this story that shows that the small things matter and can inspire change. You could add some imaginary conversations too – what might Leo’s friends say for example, when they see Matisse’s handiwork? Dribble glue in swirls and lines onto a large sheet of sugar (ideally dark coloured) paper then sprinkle glitter on top and shake off. A collaboration with author Francis Stickley, Love, The Earth, publishes in March, The Happy Hut written and illustrated by Hopgood publishes in July and Wow! A beautiful, colourful and bold picture book that encourages children to notice the small things, think big, and express themselves!Using coloured tissue paper or paper they have painted in different colours your child can cut or tear shapes and then arrange them to make a colourful collage picture. Tim’s first book, Our Big Blue Sofa, was published by Macmillan in 2006 and he has gone on to publish a number of successful picture books including Tip Tap went the Crab and WOW said the Owl. This immediately followed with being awarded the Ronald Searle Award for Creativity and coming Highly Recommended in the Macmillian Prize. Hopgood’s first own non-fiction title My Big Book of Outdoors, a large format gift book which celebrates the wonder of each season (Walker Books, Candlewick Studio) received a starred School Library Journal review and featured on the SLJ Best Books of 2022 list.

It's only when a child notices Matisse's beautiful trails that his art is finally celebrated - and they inspire a whole class of children to get creativetoo! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB. Is there anything you or your child wonder about the story, for example why the adults passing by don’t notice Matisse’s art work? All of our books are 100% brand new, unread and purchased directly from the publishers in bulk allowing us to pass the huge savings on to you!

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Recently he has combined his love of music with his love of drawing to produce a series of picture books based on classic songs - What a Wonderful World, Walking in a Winter Wonderland, Moon River, and Singing in the Rain which received a starred Kirkus review and was named a Publishers’ Association Best Book of 2017. Encouraging and heart-warming, the power of art and sharing the joy of drawing is well crafted here in a bedtime story that toddlers will enjoy. He is a graduate of Kingston University and worked for twenty years in graphic design and freelance illustration.When their teacher sees the trail, she encourages her class to add colour to it, transforming the school and amazing passers-by. Julia Eccleshare, the editorial expert on Lovereading4kids says, Bubbling with energy, prize winning Tim Hopgood’s illustrations are also full of warmth.