Dear Little One: A Poetry Collection for the Very Young
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Dear Little One: A Poetry Collection for the Very Young
By (Author) Mara Bergman
Illustrated by Claire Alexander
Walker Books Ltd
Walker Books Ltd
1st August 2025
7th August 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: New baby
Childrens gift books
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Siblings
Picture storybooks: imagination and play
Physical Properties
Hardback
72
Width 245mm, Height 270mm
Description
Dive into a celebration of all the wonderful things babies and toddlers get up to throughout a busy day in this joyful collection of poems by beloved childrens author Mara Bergman.
Baby wakes up early.
What does Baby say
Good morning, World,
Im ready for another busy day!
A perfect gift for children and grown-ups to share end enjoy together, Dear Little One celebrates the little things that make life with a toddler fun! From breakfast to bedtime, with plenty of playing and exploring, dancing and dreaming in between, this playful and charming anthology of poems for the youngest children is a treat to dip into, with beautiful, colourful illustrations throughout.
Author Bio
Mara Bergman is an award-winning childrens writer, poet and editor. She was born in NYC on leap year day and grew up on Long Island, and though shes lived most of her life in the UK, shes never lost her accent. Mara has always felt a strong link between poetry and picture books and loves to write both. Her picture books have won numerous awards in the UK and US; Oliver Who Would Not Sleep was a Bookstart choice and appeared on CBeebies, along with Itchy Itch Itch, illustrated by Emily Bolam. Oliver Who Travelled Far and Wide won the Booktrust Early Years Award. Her books have been translated into many languages worldwide. Mara lives in Kent. Find Mara online on X as @mara_bergman and on Instagram as @bergmanmara.
Claire Alexander is an author and illustrator with a number of picture books to her name, including her author-illustrated book The Think-Ups, Puddling, written by Emma Perry, and Humperdink and The Snow Bear, both written by Sean Taylor. In 2007, Claire began teaching courses and masterclasses on how to create a picture book, which she continues to run at the House of Illustration. Find Claire online at clairealexander.co.uk, and on X as @PicBookCourse and on Instagram as @claire_alexander_picture_books.
