Twenty Bears

Kathryn Simmons is a British poet and short-story writer. Her first book of poems, Sunday at the Skin Launderette (2008), won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. This is her first picture book with Bloomsbury.Alison Brown studied Fine Art at Liverpool and then became a graphic designer. She has been illustrating for the past six years, and has illustrated many much-loved books including You Make Me Happy and the Little Owl series by Debi Gliori. Alison was brought up in Bangor, Northern Ireland, but she now lives in Leeds.

[A] warm and funny counting book