A Whale Of A Time: A Funny Poem For Every Day Of The Year

About the author

Matt Hunt

Lou Peacock (Author) Lou Peacock loves words, stories and poems and has nearly thirty years of experience in children's publishing. She is Nosy Crow's Publishing Director at Large for Picture Books, and her own stories have been published in nearly 30 languages. Lou's previous poetry anthology - the highly-acclaimed A Whale of a Time, illustrated by Matt Hunt - was a Waterstones Book of the Year in 2023 and also The Times book of the week. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and son and their small black fluffy dog called Lyra. Matt Hunt (Illustrator) Matt Hunt was born in Redditch, Worcestershire in 1988. Starting out as a fine artist, he graduated from the Birmingham School of Art, and from these roots, developed a love for children's illustration. He currently shares a house with his wife Hayley and two cats. Matt works in mixed media, utilising paint, pens, crayons, and digital. He loves to create new and interesting characters and write stories for them. He's influenced by old movies, classic illustration, cartoons and books.

Lou Peacock