Freya Hartas

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 cosy, cluttered desk in a shared studio down the road. She graduated from Falmouth University in 2014 with a first-class honors BA in illustration. Hartas loves to conjure up humorous characters, animals, and monsters, creating the most fantastical worlds for them to inhabit and get lost in.

Freya Hartas's Titles

It's Busy Down in the Woods Today

Discover how the animals of Brown Bear Wood spend their days and search for over 100 hidden things in It's Busy Down in the Woods Today, a brand-new...

I Love You Always

Help Bear search for 100 hearts and celebrate the love between parent and child in I Love You Always, a heartwarming addition to the Brown Bear...

Brown Bear Wood: A Search-and-Find Coloring Book

Search for objects and color in pages with Bear and his friends from If You Go Down to the Woods Today and Grand Old Oak and the Birthday Ball...

Great Easter Egg Hunt A Search and Find Adventure

The Great Easter Egg Hunt

Follow Bear and his friends on the exciting Great Easter Egg Hunt adventure in the forest, set to Rachel Piercey's rollicking rhyming text and...

Grand Old Oak and the Birthday Ball

Thefollow-up to If You Go Down to the Woods Today, a Grand Old Oak and the Birthday Ball is a charming picture book that invites readers to join...

Slow Down and Be Here Now

Bestselling author Laura Brand and illustrator Freya Hartas's Slow Down and Be Here Now invites you to enjoy the present moment with everyday...

Slow Down . . . on Your Doorstep

Discover a magical world of nature on your doorstep. Charming rhyming verse introduces six mindful moments – includinga squirrel burying a...

Slow Down . . . in the Park

Discover a magical world of nature on your doorstep. Charming rhyming verse introduces 6 mindful moments – includinga squirrel burying a nut,...

If You Go Down to the Woods Today

Journey through a magical woodland with poems to read and things to find in the beautifully illustrated picture book If You Go Down to the Woods.My...

Slow Down

Bestselling author Rachel Williams and illustrator Freya Hartas invite children to Slow Down and watch 50 nature stories that command calm and...