Catherine Rayner

Aug 20, 2024 | amymakechnie.substack.com | Amy Makechnie |Jillian Hess |Linda Jackson |Catherine Rayner

It’s been an epic summer of travel, happiness, milestones, and vows to start eating better. Here are ten So Lit(erary-ish) things to share with you:Your response to mekeeping a sketch book when traveling. My accountability buddy, Julia, wrote There is now a small sketchbook (that has lay dormant for years) and a pencil pouch of colored and drawing pencils now in my "Friends of the Wythe County Library" bag that I take everywhere. Along with a notebook for writing ideas.

Jul 16, 2024 | amymakechnie.substack.com | Amy Makechnie |Catherine Rayner

Hello readers!Today is my mother’s 70th birthday. My mom is possibly the biggest book lover and best storyteller that there ever was. I blame the piles of books around my own house entirely on her - in the best possible way. We are working on a book together! It’s about witches, which was her great childhood love, and I’m bound and determined to see it published before she’s too old to visit bookstores in her beloved witch costume.

Apr 5, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Catherine Rayner |Pip Jones |Sara Ogilvie |Carin Bramsen

It takes no guesswork to understand just how endearing this friendship truly is. The protagonists of Molly, Olive, and Dexter Play Hide-and-Seek (2023) take part in the “loveliest game in the world.”Molly the hare, Olive the owl, and Dexter the fox are good friends, but it’s Olive who’s fondest of guessing games. She entices her friends to play “GUESS WHAT?” Gazing skyward, Dexter begins by asking the other two what he’s thinking about. Molly immediately figures out that he’s thinking of the sky.

Mar 13, 2024 | lovereading4kids.co.uk | Catherine Rayner |Poonam Mistry |Kwame Alexander |Tia Graves Fisher

The Yoto Carnegies, the UK’s longest running and well-loved book awards for children and young people, announced their 2024 shortlists at the London Book Fair this morning. Picture books prevail on the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortlist, which includes previous winner Catherine Rayner and three-time shortlisted illustrator Poonam Mistry.

Mar 13, 2024 | sla.org.uk | Catherine Rayner

The Yoto Carnegies celebrate outstanding achievement in children’s writing and illustration and are unique in being judged by librarians, with respective Shadowers’ Choice Medals voted for by children and young people.