Matisse's Magical Trail

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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. My daughter (3) was fascinated by this and I liked how it was an early introduction to the work of Matisse. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB.

Tim’s first book, Our Big Blue Sofa, was published by Macmillan in 2006 and he has gone on to publish a number of successful picture books including Tip Tap went the Crab and WOW said the Owl. Tim Hopgood is an award-winning illustrator and author of books for children including the international best-seller What a Wonderful World, the hugely successful Wow! Said the Owl (recently adapted for the stage by Little Angel Theatre, London), and the award-winning 'Fabulous Frogs' written by Martin Jenkins. 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!When their teacher sees the trail, she encourages her class to add colour to it, transforming the school and amazing passers-by. Dribble glue in swirls and lines onto a large sheet of sugar (ideally dark coloured) paper then sprinkle glitter on top and shake off. In the vein of Eric Carle, this story that shows that the small things matter and can inspire change.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. 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.This is a lovely picture book about creativity and working together, showing how small changes to the environment can have a transformational effect. Julia Eccleshare, the editorial expert on Lovereading4kids says, Bubbling with energy, prize winning Tim Hopgood’s illustrations are also full of warmth.

Is there anything you or your child wonder about the story, for example why the adults passing by don’t notice Matisse’s art work?He is a graduate of Kingston University and worked for twenty years in graphic design and freelance illustration. We work closely with publishers and authors to ensure that we offer the best books on the market for your child. 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. There’s lots of noise and energy too as the gloriously strokable sofa takes off on an unusual adventure in Our Big Blue Sofa. And one day he is found by children who help him share his talent and his colour with the world - will he brighten up the grey city?The visible brushmarks and splodges of paint are designed to encourage children to pick up a brush and have a go at painting themselves. 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. 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). Said the Owl while a chirpy crab with very big eyes tip taps as it counts its way around the seashore in Tip Tap went the Crab. This immediately followed with being awarded the Ronald Searle Award for Creativity and coming Highly Recommended in the Macmillian Prize.