Matisse's Magical Trail

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Our team is made up of book lovers who are dedicated to sourcing and providing the best books for kids. 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! 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.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. You will find many creative activities based on each book to make reading even more enjoyable and interactive.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Registered office address: Unit 34 Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EF. 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 creative too! 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.

Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. 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. You could add some imaginary conversations too – what might Leo’s friends say for example, when they see Matisse’s handiwork? Read the story aloud to your child making sure you pause to spot the snail included on most of the double page spreads.There’s lots of noise and energy too as the gloriously strokable sofa takes off on an unusual adventure in Our Big Blue Sofa. Born and raised in England, Hopgood studied graphic design, specialising in illustration, at Kingston Polytechnic and then established a career as a graphic designer and art director. He is a graduate of Kingston University and worked for twenty years in graphic design and freelance illustration. It may inspire your child to find out about snails, be creative themselves and perhaps find out about the artist Matisse (particularly his famous snail collage).

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We work closely with publishers and authors to ensure that we offer the best books on the market for your child. At Books2Door, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill that every child should have to help improve their vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking skills. 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. 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! When their teacher sees the trail, she encourages her class to add colour to it, transforming the school and amazing passers-by.