The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures for Comfort and Inspiration

Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee

In difficult times, what children really need is hope. With that in mind, bestselling author Catherine Rundell wrote to some of the children's book authors and illustrators whose work she loves most:

"I asked them to write something very short, fiction or nonfiction, or to illustrate something that would fill the children reading it with a sense of possibility: something that would make them laugh, wonder, delight, or smile. The response was overwhelming, which shouldn't have surprised me, because children's book writers and illustrators are professional hope hunters." I hope that imagination can be a haven for children, and that The Book of Hopes can help with that, if only a little. This collection, packed with short stories, poems, and pictures from the best children's book writers and illustrators, aims to provide just that. Within its pages, you'll find animal friends, from insects to elephants, high-flying grandmothers, a caring leprechaun, a tooth fairy, and even aliens. It features 133 contributions from writers and illustrators, including Anthony Horowitz, Axel Scheffler, Katherine Johnson, Jacqueline Wilson, Catherine Rundell, Lauren Child, Michael Morpurgo, and Onjali Q. Rauf. A donation from each book sale will go to NHS Charities Together, in gratitude for the amazing efforts of all hospital staff during the lockdown.
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"An anthology on the theme of hope. Includes a rich collection of photographs, poetry, stories, and non-fiction books." - The Sunday Times, "Enchanting stories in endless days."

Proceeds from this book will be donated to NHS Charities Together. For UK sales, this will be £2.10, and for sales in other territories, this will be 16% of net revenue (at least 62p).
NHS Charities Together is a charity registered in England and Wales (registered charity number 1186569).