Cottage Door Press is an independent publisher of high-quality children's books. We believe that every child deserves an excellent first book experience—beginning on the day they're born.
Reading is learning is our driving philosophy, and we strive to help parents understand why reading aloud from birth is so important. We offer a simple development-based guide to help them on their journey.
Rose Nestling is a pen name for the creative team at Cottage Door Press. We use a name like this when we work together on a story. We choose a name that stands for "red bird," which is our cheerful little mascot.
Sanja Rescek lives in Zagreb, where she studied graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts. She has illustrated more than a 120 books which have been published in many different languages. Some of her clients are Simon and Schuster, Random House, Scholastic and Macmillan. She has illustrated a successful Itsy Bitsy collection of books for Simon and Schuster. She also enjoys creating greeting cards, patterns and giftbags. Her artwork was featured on the UNICEF cards among others, such as American Greetings, Papyrus, Noel Tatt, Paper Rose etc. Her Hazy Days range of cards, published by Paper Rose were finalists for Henries Award 2019. She finds inspiration for her artwork all around, especially in nature where she loves spending time with her family. She loves animals and flowers and they are often a main theme of her artwork.
