Kate Williams is a children’s poet, living in the Vale of Glamorgan. Her debut solo collection – Squeak! Squawk! Roar! Amazing Animal Poems – will be published by Otter-Barry Books on 9th January ’25, and is now available for pre-order from UK bookshops and online bookstores. The 54 poems are richly illustrated by artist Hannah Asen, and recommended for children aged 6 and above.
Endorsements include:
“A joyous collection of poems, full of energy, humour and a deep love of nature. Definitely one for the classroom bookshelf.”
Award-winning teacher and Reading for Pleasure advocate, Jon Biddle.
Here is a link to the listing on Amazon, for more details.
Kate is an experienced poetry workshop leader for primary schools, and is offering animal poetry sessions after Christmas, with readings from the book. She has a DBS certificate, auto-updated annually online.
Besides her upcoming collection, Kate’s poems for children can be found in numerous anthologies, mostly for UK publishers such as Oxford University Press, Macmillan, Hodder, Bloomsbury and Dorling Kindersley. In Wales, her poems feature in Second Thoughts, Gomer Press, and several collections for the WJEC.
