Keeping Cosy and Snuggling Up

Rachel Piercey is a freelance poet, editor and tutor. She has co-edited three children's poetry anthologies with the Emma Press and regularly performs her work and runs poetry workshops in primary schools. Rachel's poems for adults have been published in various journals including The Poetry Review, Magma and The Rialto, as well as two pamphlets with the Emma Press and one with HappenStance. She lives in London.Freya Hartas is a UK based artist specialising in children's books, and the illustrator of the internationally bestselling Slow Down and Brown Bear Wood series. She graduated from Falmouth University with a first-class honours in BA Illustration in 2014. Freya loves to conjure up humorous characters, animals and monsters, creating the most fantastical worlds for them to inhabit and get lost in.

If You Go Down to the Woods Today: 'A simple introduction to poetry, perfectly aimed at young children, that will be loved and enjoyed for a long time.' - Independent’s Best Kids Poetry Book 2021, The IndependentIf You Go Down to the Woods Today: 'One to watch' - Nicolette Jones, Sunday TimesIf You Go Down to the Woods Today: 'A tour de force of interactive two-dimensional nature', Kirkus - KirkusIf You Go Down to the Woods Today: 'A simple yet magical first book of poetry' - The Telegraph