Catherine Rayner

Catherine Rayner

  • 5 stars across 44 books
Catherine Rayner's first book, Augustus and His Smile, was nominated for the V&A Illustration Award, and the Greenaway, and won the Bookstart Best New Illustrator Award. She was also named as one of the ten best new illustrators in Booktrust's Big Picture Campaign. Catherine has illustrated the utterly delightful kitten book Posy (written by the award-winning Linda Newbery) for Orchard Books. She also exhibits her work at art galleries where her screen prints are very much in demand. Catherine lives in Edinburgh.
7th March 2019

The Go-Away Bird

A heart-warming rhyming story about making friends and working together from the Number One bestselling Julia Donaldson,... MoreThe Go-Away Bird

(22 reviews) Review
20th August 2020

Arlo The Lion Who Couldn't Sleep

Arlo The Lion Who Couldn't Sleep is a beautifully illustrated story with a gentle mindfulness message from award-wining ... MoreArlo The Lion Who Couldn't Sleep

(18 reviews) Review
5th May 2016

Augustus and His Smile

Augustus the tiger is sad. He has lost his smile. So he does a HUGE tigery stretch and sets off to find it. As he climbs... MoreAugustus and His Smile

(17 reviews) Review
2nd July 2015

Smelly Louie

Louie the dog has just had a bath - and he is NOT happy about it. He smells all wrong. Determined to get his Special S... MoreSmelly Louie

(12 reviews) Review
2nd August 2012

The Tales of Olga Da Polga

Olga da Polga has left the pet shop to start a new life with her owners. Her home is now a large and airy hutch and it's... MoreThe Tales of Olga Da Polga

(9 reviews) Review
3rd July 2014

Gobbolino the Witch's Cat

Celebrating 80 years of Gobbolino - the charming tale of a witch's cat who would rather be a kitchen cat, with the origi... MoreGobbolino the Witch's Cat

(9 reviews) Review
9th February 2016

Solomon and Mortimer

Solomon Crocodile and his friend Mortimer are bored. They want to find some fun, but what can they do? Tree-climbing i... MoreSolomon and Mortimer

(6 reviews) Review
7th July 2016

Olga da Polga

Olga da Polga has left the pet shop to start a new life with her owners. Her home is now a large and airy hutch and it's... MoreOlga da Polga

(5 reviews) Review
19th August 2021

Mini and Hardly and the Big Adventure

Mini is small, and Hardly is smaller – and neither of them are happy about it in this gorgeously illustrated, heart-warm... MoreMini and Hardly and the Big Adventure

(5 reviews) Review
23rd June 2022

Five Bears: A Tale of Friendship

A gorgeously illustrated book about friendship and looking past differences from the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal winner C... MoreFive Bears: A Tale of Friendship

(5 reviews) Review
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