Hope is the Thing with Feathers

Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) was an American poet known for her simple works about love, death, and nature. Living in seclusion for most of her life, she wrote over 1,000 poems, but only 11 were published during her lifetime. Today she is considered one of the most famous and beloved poets of all-time. Tim Hopgood is an award-winning picture book author and illustrator. His first book, Our Big Blue Sofa, was published by Macmillan in 2006 and won the Cambridgeshire Read it Again! award for best debut picture book. In 2008 he won the Booktrust Early Years Award for Best Emerging Illustrator, with the hugely successful WOW! Said the Owl. Recently he has combined his love of music with his love of drawing to produce a series of picture books based on classic songs - eg What a Wonderful World and Singing in the Rain which received a starred Kirkus review and was named a Publishers' Association Best Book of 2017.

A promising new series to provide small children with an introduction to poetry - Imogen Carter, The ObserverThis artistic interpretation breathes fresh life into a moving and familiar metaphor and is well suited for home and library enjoyment - BooklistTim Hopgood's lively, colourful pictures support understanding of the poem, opening doors for plenty of discussion about Emily Dickinson's words and the power of hope, as well as introducing the idea of metaphor without even mentioning the term! - ReadingZone