Once again Tim Hopgood has turned an enduringly popular song into a magical experience that feels brand new.

His latest offering is based on Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini’s song Moon River, made famous by Andy Williams. There’s even a sing-along CD featuring classic the song inside the back cover.

Moonlight streaming, river-like through a child’s bedroom window gently nudges a slumbering child and she embarks on a breath-taking journey of discovery in the company of a white horse and a guitar-playing brown bear.

Together they travel on their small raft through a glowing watery world, then take to the air flying over not-yet sleeping cities before landing and riding off in search of that illusive rainbow’s end, a place that’s always just that little bit out of reach.

As those notes drift across the pages of Tim’s deliciously dreamy scenes who could resist following them and joining the adventurers as they venture forth into the night on a voyage that will take them, they know not where. Adult readers however, will recognise some of the famous landmarks depicted as they share this gorgeous book with their little ones.

Joy shines forth from every spread of this enchanting dream of a book.