Kate Williams is a children’s poet, living in the Vale of Glamorgan. Her debut solo collection – Squeak! Squawk! Roar! Amazing Animal Poems – is published by Otter-Barry Books (publishing date: 9th January ’25) and is available from UK bookshops and online bookstores. The 54 poems within are richly illustrated by artist Hannah Asen, and recommended for children aged 6 and above. It has received all 5-star ratings and reviews to date.
Endorsements include:
“A compact powerhouse of poems.”
Bookwagon.
“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 with readings from the book, as well as other exciting topics. Full details on her website. She has a DBS certificate, auto-updated annually online.
Besides her new book, 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.
