It's almost Christmas, so Hopscotch and friends decide to put up their tree. But when their old one falls apart, no one can agree how the new one should look. Big, or small, fat or thin? Can the friends work together to find a new one? After all, it wouldn't be Christmas without a tree... would it? Hopscotch and the Christmas Tree is a brand new Christmas story and the first book in the Happy Go Hopscotch series. Based on the principles of The Science of Happiness, Happy Go Hopscotch teaches children and parents alike the importance of being happy. Follow Hopscotch the horse, Malcom the cow, Barbara the sheep, Carlo the cat, Ingrid the pig and Jules the chicken on their first snowy adventure and learn that, whilst everyone is different and likes different things, we can all come together to reach a common goal. A cross-media series, Happy Go Hopscotch was shortlisted for the Bafta Rockliffe Children's Writing Competition in 2014, selected for the BCreative Lab in 2015 and was awarded development funding from Creative Europe in 2015.
Katy Segrove has written comedy sketches, short and feature films as well as creating the children's' animated TV series Happy Go Hopscotch. Hop- scotch and the Christmas Tree is Katy's first picture book and she is thrilled to be working in this medium. Katy's sketches appeared in the ITV sketch show `Shoot the Writers', where she was voted a winning writer and invited to form a comedy writing team along with the other winners. Her shorts have been shortlisted by the UK Film Festival and 50 Kisses, amongst others. Her feature films have been optioned by production companies and shortlisted for prestigious writing schemes.
Title: Hopscotch and the Christmas Tree (Happy Go Hopscotch)
Author: Segrove, Katy
ISBN: 9781910265451
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Publisher: Matthew James Publishing Ltd
Publication Date: 2017-11-30
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Weight: 0.1600 kg
This is beautiful. The use of emotional language in a way that is not sentimental, but wonderfully accessible ro children is truly fantastic : Dr Elizabeth Kilbey (Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Channel 4 Expert 'The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds') : A fun Christmas picture book with a message about staying positive...An uplifting, appealing and original Christmas story suitable for KS1 and reception : Books For Topics : Brilliant for discussing emotions, and that it's ok to like different things and still be friends, Hopscotch And The Christmas Tree is a beautifully illustrated festive tale to delight readers young and old. Katy Segrove manages to explore a whole range of emotions in a deceptively simple story while Katerina Vykhodtseva's illustrations are bursting with tiny details to explore. A lovely addition to festive collections for younger children. : Miss Cleveland is Reading : ...a genuinely heartwarming story : The School Librarian Journal