Caterpillar Cake

Matt Goodfellow is an award-winning poet and former primary school teacher whose high-energy performances have captivated thousands of children in schools, libraries and at book festivals across the UK. His previous books for Otter-Barry Books are Chicken on the Roof, Being Me: Poems about Thoughts, Worries and Feelings (with Liz Brownlee and Laura Mucha), shortlisted for the CLiPPA Award 2022, the Yoto Kate Greeenaway shortlisted picture book Shu Lin's Grandpa (illustrated by Yu Rong) and the best-selling verse novel for readers of nine-plus, The Final Year. Matt lives in Stockport, Cheshire. Krina Patel-Sage is an illustrator, designer and author, whose artwork is created digitally, using Photoshop. In 2018 she was shortlisted for Penguin's Write Now Illustration prize. Following Caterpillar Cake, her second picture book for Otter-Barry Books is Love is all we Need, published in May 2024. Krina has two young sons and lives in London.

"I’m sure that you will agree that there can never be too many poetry books for young readers. This one is particularly delightful with an eye-catching front cover showing a happy little girl facing out to welcome in the reader. All sixteen poems are simple, with distinct patterns that will make them memorable for even the youngest reader. All book-loving parents and practitioners know that babies respond to strong rhythmic language from day one (if not before). I loved them all for different reasons."