Catherine Rayner

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  • Bibliography:
    23 Books
  • First Book:
    April 2006
  • Latest Book:
    July 2024
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Book List in Order: 23 titles

  • Augustus and His Smile

    Augustus the tiger was sad. And he had lost his smile. So he did a huge tigery stretch and set off to find it. Stunning illustrations celebrate the beauty of the world and the simple happiness it brings us when we open our eyes to it. An imaginative ...

  • Harris Finds His Feet

    And so begins a beautiful and remarkable story about a child's journey to independence. With help from his grandfather, Harris learns how to use his enormous feet to hop high into the sky. He climbs to the tops of mountains and runs really fast until...

  • Sylvia and Bird

    Sylvia is the only dragon in the world and very lonely. But then she meets Bird. Bird is tiny and chirpy, nothing like the huge dragon. And Sylvia worries that maybe she and her little friend are too different to remain friends. Together the two frie...

  • Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit

    Ernest is a rather large moose with a rather large problem. He is so big he can't fit inside his book! Luckily, Ernest is also a very determined moose, and he and his little chipmunk friend aren't going to give up easily. With some tape, odd bits of ...

  • The Bear Who Shared

    Norris the bear has been waiting patiently for the last ripe fruit to fall from the tree. But Tulip the raccoon and Violet the mouse have too . . . although maybe not so patiently. In fact, Tulip and Violet sniff, listen to, and even hug the fruit. N...

  • Iris and Isaac

    Iris and Isaac are not friends. Off they stomp, in a big huff, as far away from each other as possible. And as they stomp, they see funny, strange and wonderful things. If only they were together to share them....

  • Solomon Crocodile

    In his swampy home, Solomon is looking for fun but nobody wants to play. The dragonflies tell him to buzz off, the storks get in a flap, and the hippo is downright huffy. But then somebody else starts making a ruckus . . . and for once it is NOT Solo...

  • Solamh an Crogall

  • Abigail

    Abigail the giraffe loves counting. One day, she tries to count the spots on her friend Ladybug, but the little bug scurries away. Abigail tries to count Zebra's stripes and Cheetah's spots, but her friends just won't stand still! After several more ...



  • 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 smell" back, he goes on a hunt for it and meets lots of smelly things along the way -- a fox, some interesting garbage cans, ...

  • Norris the Bear Who Shared

    Norris loves plorringes! When he spots one ripening in the afternoon sun, he sits back and patiently waits for the fruit to drop from the tree into his paws. But Norris isn't the only one who adores plorringes - pesky Tulip and Violet love them as we...

  • Solomon and Mortimer

    Solomon Crocodile and his friend Mortimer are bored. They want to find some fun, but what can they do? Tree-climbing is tricky, chasing lizards doesn't end well, and flying turns out to be a lot harder than it looks. Then they spot the biggest hippo ...

  • Counting Stars

  • One Happy Tiger

    One tiger sits all alone, feeling sad. Then he finds two bright bugs, three colorful birds, and more, and soon he isn’t sad anymore. Children will learn to count from 1 to 10 as they travel with the tiger to each new adventure in this beautiful boo...

  • Ernest

    Meet Ernest, one very large moose with a big problem, in this hilarious picture book from the award-winning creator of Augustus and His Smile, Solomon Crocodile, and Smelly Louie. Specially reissued for the tenth anniversary, with a fresh new cover l...

  • Arlo the Lion Who Couldn't Sleep

    A dreamy bedtime book from award-winner Catherine Rayner about a wakeful lion who is desperate to get some sleep.Arlo the lion is exhausted. He just can''t drop off, no matter what he tries. It''s either too hot, or too cold, too loud or too quiet, a...

  • Five Bears

    A gorgeously illustrated book about friendship and looking past differences from the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal winner Catherine Rayner. Bear is walking through the forest, minding his own business when he comes across another bear. The Other bear is...

  • Molly, Olive and Dexter

  • Molly, Olive, and Dexter Play Hide-and-Seek

    Kate Greenaway Medal winner Catherine Rayner introduces readers to a trio of animal friends in a warmly humorous story offering reassurance that true friends don’t stray far. Meet Molly the hare, Olive the owl, and Dexter the fox, three friends...



  • Victor, the Wolf with Worries

  • Mini and Hardly and the Big Adventure

  • The Guessing Game

    Olive the owl is especially good at playing Guess What?, frustrating her friends in this tenderly illustrated story about an endearing trio.Outside their home in the oak tree at the edge of the meadow, three animal friends are eager to play OliveR...

  • Otto

Award-Winning Books by Catherine Rayner

Harris Finds His Feet
2009 Greenaway Medal -- Illustrator


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Catherine Rayner has published 23 books.

The next book by Catherine Rayner, The Guessing Game, will be published in July 2024.

The first book by Catherine Rayner, Augustus and His Smile, was published in April 2006.

No. Catherine Rayner does not write books in series.
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