We are excited to 
launch our beautiful ABC book made specially for the High Peak by our early years team, Karl Harris, Andrea Joseph and Lucy Jackson.
Launch day has a special treat – celebrated poet, Helen Mort is coming to perform a poetry reading of her own work and lend her support as one of our HPCA ambassadors.
Lucy Jackson with perform the song and get us all singing along, there will be an arts activity for little ones to enjoy, and Andrea Joseph will be signing copies of the book at the sales counter!
Lucy Jackson with perform the song and get us all singing along, there will be an arts activity for little ones to enjoy, and Andrea Joseph will be signing copies of the book at the sales counter!
How we made the book:
Our early years team has spent 2022 running workshops with babies and families in messy paint play and music making. Local artist, Andrea Joseph has used these babies’ first mark making to create 26 beautiful collages illustrating our special corner of the world. Karl Harris, our early years project manager then tasked participants at Project eARTh and Thomas Fields Care Home with the acrostic poems for each word, ably assisted by writer Lucy Jackson – who also created this foot-tapping, hip-swaying song with more children and families (click to listen).
Our early years team has spent 2022 running workshops with babies and families in messy paint play and music making. Local artist, Andrea Joseph has used these babies’ first mark making to create 26 beautiful collages illustrating our special corner of the world. Karl Harris, our early years project manager then tasked participants at Project eARTh and Thomas Fields Care Home with the acrostic poems for each word, ably assisted by writer Lucy Jackson – who also created this foot-tapping, hip-swaying song with more children and families (click to listen).
Now that all the participants have had their copies of the book, it is now available on general sale for everyone to enjoy! At just £15 a copy, you get an rich book to treasure and at the same time supporting High Peak Community Arts to continue our mission.
