Catherine Rayner

Catherine Rayner was born in Harrogate and now lives in Edinburgh. She has a BA Hons in Visual Communication and Illustration from Leeds College of Art and Edinburgh College of Art. Much of her inspiration – and occasionally modelling! – for her illustration comes from her pets: her horse Shannon, guinea pig Marvin, dog Ellie, cat Emma and two goldfish, Bruce and Sheila. Catherine was shortlisted for the Booktrust Early Years Award Best New Illustrator in 2006, and she won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in 2009.

 

Julia Eccleshare, the editorial expert on Lovereading4kids says, Prize winning illustrator Catherine Rayner has created stunning picture books introducing delightful characters including Harris, a hare with exceptionally large feet and Ernest, a moose who is determined to get himself into a book – no mean feat when you are too big to fit in the pages. Gorgeous, warmly coloured large scale pictures lie at the heart of Catherine’s work.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Catherine Rayner

Solomon Crocodile
Catherine Rayner
Shortlisted for the 2012 Kate Greenaway Medal.  The Judges said: The depiction of the animal characters is superb, with Solomon the archetypal naughty toddler. The use of colour is exquisite throughout, and the book has a real sense of vibrancy and...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Iris and Isaac
Catherine Rayner
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Prize-winning illustrator Catherine Rayner has produced a new outstanding title. Polar bears Iris and Isaac fall out over sharing their nest. Each stomps away in a Big Bear Huff but soon...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/2011
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Solomon Crocodile
Catherine Rayner
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Prize-winning illustrator Catherine Rayner fills her pages with big animals. This time it is Solomon the crocodile with great big teeth who wants to play - but Solomon’s idea of play...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/04/2011
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Iris and Isaac
Catherine Rayner
Prize-winning illustrator Catherine Rayner has produced a new outstanding title. Polar bears Iris and Isaac fall out over sharing their nest. Each stomps away in a Big Bear Huff but soon both find that they don’t enjoy anything half as...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2010
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Ernest
Catherine Rayner
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2011 A useful book about friendship. A brilliant joke lies at the heart of prize-winning illustrator Catherine Rayner’s Ernest. Ernest is a LARGE Moose. So large that, even though he tries squashing and squeezing,...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Book Awards
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2010
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Sylvia and Bird
Catherine Rayner
Shortlisted for the Pre-school Award, Early Year Awards 2009 Sylvia is the only dragon in the whole world, and she is very lonely... until one day, she meets Bird. Tiny and chirpy, so different from the huge dragon, Bird somehow changes Sylvia's life...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2010
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Ernest
Catherine Rayner
A brilliant joke lies at the heart of prize-winning illustrator Catherine Rayner’s Ernest. Ernest is a LARGE Moose. So large that, even though he tries squashing and squeezing, he just can’t fit all of himself into a book. Luckily he...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/09/2009
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Harris Finds his Feet
Catherine Rayner
Winner of the Kate Greenaway Award 2009. Touching and inspiring, this is a beautiful story of a youngster finding his feet and being encouraged to forge his own way in the world by his remarkable Grandfather. Harris is a very...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2009
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Sylvia and Bird
Catherine Rayner
Shortlisted for the Pre-school Award, Early Year Awards 2009   Sylvia is the only dragon in the whole world, and she is very lonely... until one day, she meets Bird. Tiny and chirpy, so different from the huge dragon, Bird somehow changes...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/02/2009
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Augustus And His Smile
Catherine Rayner
Catherine Rayner has been selected as one of The Big Picture campaign's Best New Illustrators in 2008. Shortlisted for the Greenaway Award 2007. An absolutely delightful picture book for parent and child to share from a very talented...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2007
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Augustus And His Smile
Catherine Rayner
Catherine Rayner has been selected as one of The Big Picture campaign's Best New Illustrators in 2008. An absolutely delightful picture book for parent and child to share from a very talented new author and illustrator who is also the...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/04/2006
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