{"product_id":"9781526629883","title":"The Book of Hopes : Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Rundell, Katherine, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/10\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 400 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Bloomsbury Childrens Books,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Anthologies (Children's \/ Teenage), General fiction (Children's \/ Teenage), Short stories (Children's \/ Teenage), Interest age: from c 8 years\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781526629883\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2020.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn difficult times, what children really need is hope. And in that spirit, bestselling author Katherine Rundell emailed some of the children's writers and artists whose work she loved most:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'I asked them to write something very short, fiction or non-fiction, or draw something that would make the children reading it feel like possibility-ists: something that would make them laugh or wonder or snort or smile. The response was magnificent, which shouldn't have surprised me, because children's writers and illustrators are professional hunters of hope ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI hope that the imagination can be a place of shelter for children and that The Book of Hopes might be useful in that, even if only a little.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection, packed with short stories, poems and pictures from the very best children's authors and illustrators, aims to provide just that. Within its pages you'll find animal friends from insects to elephants, high-flying grandmas, a homesick sprite, the tooth fairy, and even extra-terrestrial life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are 133 contributions from authors and illustrators, including Anthony Horowitz, Axel Scheffler, Catherine Johnson, Jacqueline Wilson, Katherine Rundell, Lauren Child, Michael Morpurgo and Onjali Q. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRauf. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA donation from the sale of each book will go to NHS Charities Together, in gratitude for the incredible efforts of all those who worked in hospitals over the quarantine period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProceeds from this book will be donated to NHS Charities Together. In respect of UK sales, this will be £2.10 and in respect of sales in other territories this will be 16% of net receipts (at least 62p). NHS Charities Together is a charity registered in England and Wales (registered charity no. 1186569).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36457781756057,"sku":"9781526629883","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/TBoH_CVR_FINAL.width-500.jpg?v=1606674838","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781526629883","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}