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Mary Hoffman

Mary Hoffman has written over 100 books for children. Amazing Grace, commended for the Kate Greenaway medal, and its sequels has sold over 1.5 million copies. As well as the successful Stravaganza sequence of teenage novels, translated into over thirty languages, The Great Big Books series of information books for younger readers, illustrated by Ros Asquith has done very well. The first, The Great Big Book of Families, won the inaugural SLA Information Book Award in the under 7s category.

Mary loves to write historical fiction and her books for Bloomsbury - The Falconer's Knot, Troubadour and David - have been followed by Shakespeare's Ghost and The Ravenmaster's Boy. She runs a widely-read blog called The History Girls. Mary is an Honorary Fellow of the Library Association (CILIP) and lives in Oxfordshire.

Books

  • Amazing Grace

    Amazing Grace

    Author: Mary Hoffman Illustrator: Caroline Binch
    Publisher: Frances Lincoln
    Interest age: 5+
    Reading age: 5+

    This classic story clearly communicates an inspiring message that anything is possible

  • David

    David

    Author: Mary Hoffman
    Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
    Interest age: 13+
    Reading age: 12+

    This is a rich and colourful tale full of excitement

  • Grace at Christmas

    Grace at Christmas

    Author: Mary Hoffman Illustrator: Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu
    Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
    Interest age: 4+
    Reading age: 6+

    The meaning of Christmas is encompassed in this tenderly yet realistically illustrated contemporary family story about sharing and celebration

  • Starring Grace

    Starring Grace

    Author: Mary Hoffman Illustrator: Caroline Binch
    Publisher: Frances Lincoln
    Interest age: 8+
    Reading age: 8+

    There is no end to Grace's imagination! It is the school holidays and she and her friends spend their time playing at being everything from doctors to ghost-hunters.

  • The Colour of Home

    The Colour of Home

    Author: Mary Hoffman Illustrator: Karin Littlewood
    Publisher: Frances Lincoln
    Interest age: 5-9
    Reading age: 7+

    On Hassan's first day at school he paints a colourful picture of his home and family in Somalia, but then adds soldiers, flames and bullets.

  • The Falconer's Knot

    The Falconer's Knot

    Author: Mary Hoffman
    Publisher: Bloomsbury
    Interest age: 12+
    Reading age: 11+

    Romance, art, monasticism and murder in Umbria, 1316. Hoffman has specialised in creating atmospheric historical novels, filled with intrigue...

  • The Great Big Book of Families

    The Great Big Book of Families

    Author: Mary Hoffman Illustrator: Ros Asquith
    Publisher: Frances Lincoln
    Interest age: 4+
    Reading age: 7+

    The Great Big Book of Families is about the diversity of families. The simple message is that every family is unique and special and that there is no such thing as 'normal' or 'abnormal'. Books simply don’t get much more inclusive than this.

  • The Great Big Book of Feelings

    The Great Big Book of Feelings

    Author: Mary Hoffman Illustrator: Ros Asquith
    Publisher: Frances Lincoln
    Interest age: 4+
    Reading age: 7+

    How are you feeling today? This warm-hearted and thoughtful picture book explores a whole range of emotions that children might experience.

  • Tilt

    Tilt

    Author: Mary Hoffman
    Publisher: Barrington Stoke
    Interest age: 12-14
    Reading age: 8+

    Netta is desperate to help her father figure out the mystery of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in this super-readable story about a girl who won't let anything stand in the way of her dream.

  • Troubadour

    Troubadour

    Author: Mary Hoffman
    Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
    Interest age: 11-15
    Reading age: 10+

    Early in the thirteenth century, Elinor's parents attempt to marry her off to an elderly nobleman but she escapes disguised as a boy, with a troupe of travelling entertainers.

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