Rachel Piercey

Rachel Piercey is a freelance poet, editor, and tutor. She has co-edited three children’s poetry anthologies with the Emma Press and regularly performs her work and runs poetry workshops in primary schools. Piercey’s poems for adults have been published in various journals, including The Poetry Review, Magma, and The Rialto, as well as two pamphlets with the Emma Press and one with HappenStance. Together with Freya Hartas, she is the author of the Brown Bear Wood series, including Grand Old Oak and the Birthday Ball and If You Go Down to the Woods Today. She lives in London.

Rachel Piercey's Titles

Wisdom of the Woods 40 Nature Poems Passed Down from Bear to Bear

Wisdom of the Woods

Discover 40 nature poems to read and treasure in this unmissable sequel to the bestselling hit If You Go Down to the Woods TodayOpen this sumptuous...


It's Busy Down in the Woods Today Friends to Meet, Places to Explore, and Over 100 Things to Find

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 A Brown Bear Wood Picture Book

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 Over 100 Things to Find

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 A Search and Find Adventure

Grand Old Oak and the Birthday Ball

This charming hidden picture picture book invites readers to join Bear and his friends through the seasons as they prepare a party filled with...


If You Go Down to the Woods Today A Search and Find Adventure

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...