Catherine Rayner's Top Book Recommendations
Want to know what books Catherine Rayner recommends on their reading list? We've researched interviews, social media posts, podcasts, and articles to build a comprehensive list of Catherine Rayner's favorite book recommendations of all time.
She needs a woolly jumper to keep warm and she isn't very good at flying. Then one day she finds a new home - and suddenly Borka's no longer the ugly duckling.
'A very satisfying story ... highly recommended,' - Reading Times
'He is one of the best writers in the business.' - Financial Times
'The language of children is Burningham's.' - TES
'This favourite is as enchanting as ever.' - Reading Times less
Recommended by Catherine Rayner, and 1 others. Catherine RaynerA classic that would be a treat for any child to read. (Source)
Recommended by Catherine Rayner, and 1 others. Catherine RaynerHairy Maclary, a scruffy little dog, trots about town. On the way he gathers up lots of dog friends. It’s a rhyming text with repetition that builds. (Source)
Chameleon can turn himself into anything and appear to fit in anywhere, but it seems that neither the swirly snail, the green grasshopper nor the striped sock want to be friends. Will he ever find someone to talk to? Someone just like him?
With a subtle and witty interplay between words and illustrations this introduction to colors and shapes (and chameleons!) is sure to delight kids of all ages.
Recommended by Catherine Rayner, and 1 others. Catherine RaynerIt’s a kind of book of opposites, but there’s a narrative as well. (Source)
Ginger the cat lives a comfortable, well-tended life. But when a pesky kitten moves in, Ginger's days of ease are over. Now it seems he must share his bed and his meals with the intruder forever! What is a pampered cat to do? The award-winning Charlotte Voake knows all about cats and their peculiar ways, as every reader of this dear and funny tale will soon find out. less
Recommended by Catherine Rayner, and 1 others. Catherine RaynerIt’s non fiction. If you’ve got a cat, you can relate to it—but I’d never had a cat when I first read it and I still loved it. (Source)
"A must for any child who is hoping to acquire one (or two),"
- Practical Parenting less
Recommended by Catherine Rayner, and 1 others. Catherine Raynera story about Dick King Smith’s own guinea pigs and there’s a little bit of their history, a bit of non-fiction, a bit of how to look after them, and just some lovely little facts about them. (Source)
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