--- title: "The Book of Hopes" url: "https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/news/2020-04-27-the-book-of-hopes" school: "St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College" --- Admissions Consultation BHCET schools in County Durham [Click Here](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/governance/admissions-consultation) **Tel:** 01388 603246 **Email:** admin@stjohns.bhcet.org.uk # The Book of Hopes ![Image of The Book of Hopes](https://files.schudio.com/st-john-s-catholic-school-sixth-form-college-3/images/news/BookofHopes.jpg) 27 April 2020 Here is a link to a free book for all children and their families. It’s an extraordinary collection of short stories, poems, essays and pictures and has contributions from more than 110 children’s writers and illustrators, including Lauren Child, Anthony Horowitz, Greg James and Chris Smith, Michael Morpurgo, Liz Pichon, Axel Scheffler, Francesca Simon, Jacqueline Wilson – and Katherine Rundell, who edited it. The collection, published by Bloomsbury, is dedicated to the doctors, nurses, carers, porters, cleaners and everyone currently working in hospitals. [LRC](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/news/tag/lrc) [ World Book Day](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/news/2020-03-05-world-book-day-5) [Wellbeing Week 2020 ](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/news/2020-05-19-wellbeing-week-2020) ### Events & News - [Key Dates](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/key-dates) - [News](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/news) - [Newsletters](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/newsletters) - [Term Dates](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/term-dates) ![St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College](https://files.schudio.com/st-john-s-catholic-school-sixth-form-college-3/images/logo/Bishop_Hogarth_and_Hexham_Logo_new_(1).png) ### St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College Woodhouse Lane Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 6JT 01388 603246 01388 609988 - [About](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/our-school) - [Documents](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/our-documents) - [Events](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/key-dates) - [Links](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/links) - [Vacancies](https://bhcet.org.uk/job-vacancies) - [Contact](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/contact) - [Sport](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/news/tag/sport-p-e) - [Privacy Notices](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/privacy-notices) ### Translation ### Office 365 [Sign in to Office 365](https://outlook.office.com/) ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stjohnsrc/) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/st_johns_eagle/) © Copyright 2025–2026 St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stjohns.bhcet.org.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)