Tim Hopgood is an award-winning picture book author and illustrator. His work has been shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book of the Year Award and the British Book Design Awards. Tim won the Booktrust Early Years Award for Best Emerging Illustrator for Here Comes Frankie!, which was also nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Tim's latest book, What A Wonderful World, is a picture book version of the song made famous by Louis Armstrong. As a freelance illustrator, Tim’s work has appeared in Tatler Magazine, Harpers & Queen, GQ and Joyce. Other clients include the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Court Theatre, Kyle Cathie Publishers, Quadrille Publishing and the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art.

Don’t leave home without My Big Book of Outdoors by Tim Hopgood, a beautifully illustrated treasury of nature celebrating everything from migrating birds to daisy chains. With a mixture of poetry, facts and things to do, this is the ideal companion for a British summer holiday – wet or dry.