Tim Hopgood
Tim Hopgood lives with his wife and cats in North Yorkshire. He is a graduate of Kingston University and worked for 20 years as a graphic design and freelance illustration. Tim's first book, Our Big Blue Sofa, was published in 2006 and in 2008 he was the winner of the Best Emerging Illustrator Award at the Book Trust Early Years Awards.
Books
Cyril the Lonely Cloud
Author: Tim Hopgood
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Interest age: 3-5
Cyril the cloud drifts alone through the skies, wishing somebody would smile at him. Instead, everyone blames him for spoiling their day. This vibrant, thought-provoking picture book demonstrates the importance of rainwater to make sure the planet thrives.
Here Comes Frankie!
Author: Tim Hopgood
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Interest age: 4+
Reading age: 5+
Describing music using words is tricky - but by adding pictures, Tim Hopgood creates musical magic on the page.
Hooray for Hoppy!
Author: Tim Hopgood
Publisher: Macmillan
Interest age: 3-6
Reading age: 5+
Tim Hopgood delights again with his signature heartwarming and thoughtful approach to concept books for young children. This one, a book about the senses, joins his equally fantastic previous books about colours, counting and shapes.
Mor hyfryd yw’r byd / What a wonderful world (bilingual)
Author: Bob Thiele and George Davis Weiss Adapted by Tudur Dylan Jones
Publisher: Rily
Interest age: 0-7
Reading age: 3-6
Llyfr lluniau llawn ysbrydoliaeth sy’n dychmygu’r byd hyfryd a lliwgar yng nghân adnabyddus Louis Armstrong.
An inspiring picture book that imagines the wonderful and colourful world from Louis Armstrong’s classic song.
Our Big Blue Sofa
Author: Tim Hopgood
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 5+
This book is compulsively strokeable, with the sofa's velvety floral design featuring in 3D on every spread.
The Truth According to Arthur
Author: Tim Hopgood Illustrator: David Tazzyman
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 5+
Illustrations buzzing with energy graphically illustrate Arthur's conscience-filled wrestle with Truth - ingeniously portrayed as a small grey creature - in this wry, immediately recognisable cautionary tale about fibbing.
Tim Hopgood's ABC
Author: Tim Hopgood
Publisher: Oxford
Interest age: 1-2
A perfect accompaniment to days out in the pushchair for toddlers or repeated reads at home, this is an accessibly beautiful, well-made alphabet book with 1-2 year olds in mind and is a lovely place to start learning letters, animals and words.
Waldo a'I we wych / Walter's Wonderful Web (bilingual)
Author: Tim Hopgood Adapted by Eleri Huws
Publisher: Rily
Interest age: 4-5
Reading age: 4-5
Nid oedd Waldo’n cael unrhyw hwyl ar greu gwe – roedden nhw’n chwythu i ffwrdd bob tro! Ond dyma Waldo’n cael syniad, sef creu gwahanol siapau yn ei we er mwyn dod o hyd i un sydd ddim yn chwythu i ffwrdd.
Walter has not had any luck spinning webs - they keep blowing away! Walter comes up with an idea, making wonderful shapes trying to find one that does not…
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Author: Tim Hopgood
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 5+
The words to the famous Christmas song by Peggy Lee are given new life in this beautiful new picture book by Tim Hopgood - and children (and grown ups) can sing along with the singalong CD included in the book, too.
WOW! It's Night-Time
Author: Tim Hopgood
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books
Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 3-6
Little book lovers will enjoy the return of this curious owl and following her night-time discoveries and seeing what happens in the outside world when they fall asleep. The illustrations are bold and stylish, and bring to life the midnight wildlife.
WOW! Said the Owl
Author: Tim Hopgood
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Interest age: 2-5
Everyone knows that owls are nocturnal but one curious little owl decides to take a long nap at night so she can stay awake during the day.