ERIN BROWN is a Northern Irish illustrator who lives and works on the beautiful island of Jersey. After she graduated from the University of Ulster with a bachelor's degree in Fine Art, a passion for stories and children's books took hold. She combines her love for hand-drawn lines and traditional techniques with the flexibility and freedom of adding colour digitally. Erin's other book for The O'Brien Press is Tread Softly: Classic Irish Poems for Children, edited by Nicola Reddy. erinbrownillo.uk William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms.