The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain Children in Lockdown
Edited by Katherine Rundell, with contributions from more than 100 children’s writers and illustrators
Read it here: https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/9-12/book-hopes/
Completely free for all children and families, the extraordinary collection of short stories, poems, essays and pictures has contributions from more than 110 children’s writers and illustrators, including Lauren Child, Anthony Horowitz, Greg James and Chris Smith, Michael Morpurgo, Liz Pichon, Axel Scheffler, Francesca Simon and Jacqueline Wilson.
The collection, published by Bloomsbury, is dedicated to the doctors, nurses, carers, porters, cleaners and everyone currently working in hospitals.
The Book of Hopes is currently available to read online only. Bloomsbury intends to publish a gift book based on the project in the autumn in support of NHS Charities Together. Please visit @KidsBloomsbury for further updates on this.
Discovering Children’s Books
Get creative with activities for children of all ages from the British Library. Invent your own superhero, make a pop-up book and much more.
https://www.bl.uk/childrens-books/themes/all-activities
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