Shu Lin's Grandpa

Until recently a primary school teacher, Matt Goodfellow is now a full-time poet who visits schools across the country to give high-energy performances and workshops. His first poetry collection for Otter-Barry Books, Chicken on the Roof, received wide acclaim. Caterpillar Cake, for early years and KS1, illustrated by Krina Patel Sage, will be published in July 20. Matt lives in Stockport, Manchester, UK.Yu Rong has degrees in Chinese Painting and Contemporary Art from Nanjing Normal University and in Communication and Design from the Royal College of Art, London. Deeply versed in traditional Chinese art, she has won numerous international awards including the BIB Golden Apple and the Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award. Yu Rong's previous books include Snowflake in my Pocket (with Rachel Bright) and Tracks of a Panda (with Nick Dawson). She lives just outside Cambridge, England.

"That art is a hugely effective way of helping to develop empathy with other cultures comes across with a quiet power in this story that celebrates the imagination while demonstrating the importance of reaching out to others. An important book to include in primary school class collections."