Brown Bear Wood: Itâ??s Busy Down In The Woods Today

Brown Bear Wood: It’s Busy Down In The Woods Today

Rachel Piercey is a London-based poet, editor, and tutor who also writes for children. She studied English Literature at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and has an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway. Her poems for adults have been published in various magazines and anthologies, and she is also the editor of Tyger Tyger Magazine, an online journal of new poems for children.

The Brown Bear Woods series has been translated into twenty-seven languages.

Freya Hartas is a UK-based illustrator specializing in children's books. She lives in the vibrant city of Bristol with her partner and their ancient black cat, Katsu, and works from her cozy, cluttered desk in a shared studio down the road. She graduated from Falmouth University with a first-class honors 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. She has worked on picture books and several classic chapter book illustrations for older children.