Emily Gravett
Emily Gravett is twice winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Bronze Award for Wolves and Little Mouse's Big Book Of Fears. An author-illustrator of unique talent and skill, she has a host of other award-winning and critically acclaimed books to her name, including Orange Pear Apple Bear, Monkey and Me, The Odd Egg and Blue Chameleon. Emily lives in Brighton with her family.
Books
10 Cats
Author: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Two Hoots
Interest age: 2-3
Reading age: 2-3
A white-furred mummy cat has nine kittens: two are black, three have stripes and four have patches. Yet, while she sleeps, the naughty kittens get into three pots of paint: one red, one yellow and one blue.
A Laureate's Choice: 101 Poems for Children chosen by Carol Ann Duffy
Author: Carol Ann Duffy Illustrator: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Interest age: 8-10
Reading age: 8+
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has created a spirited, enriching and exquisite anthology of poems for children.
A Song of Gladness
Author: Sir Michael Morpurgo Illustrator: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Two Hoots
Interest age: 4-6
Reading age: 6+
Inspired by Michael Morpurgo’s own thoughts about the Covid-19 pandemic and his real-life conversations with the blackbird in his garden, A Song of Gladness is a tribute to the resilience of nature and a reminder to take pleasure in the small things.
Again!
Author: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Interest age: 2-5
It's Cedric's the little dragon's bedtime, but before he goes to sleep, there's just enough time for mum to read him a bedtime story.
Bear and Hare - Where's Bear?
Author: Emily Gravett
Illustrator: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Macmillan
Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 2+
Hare gets worried when Bear goes missing during a game of hide and seek.
Cave Baby
Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 6+
Cave Baby is restless and sets about amusing himself. But he is warned that being naughty will mean 'A mammoth's going to throw you to the big brown bear!'
Cyril and Pat
Author: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Macmillan
Interest age: 4-7
Reading age: 6+
Cyril the Squirrel is so lonely that, when he finally makes a friend, he doesn’t seem to notice that "Pat" might not be quite what he seems. A colourful, rhyming story about friendship against the odds.
Locked Out Lily
Author: Nick Lake Illustrator: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Interest age: 9-11
Reading age: 9+
Wonderfully illustrated by Emily Gravett in an appealingly gothic yet accessible style, Locked Out Lily is a heartfelt story about a child coping with serious illness and dealing with how it has changed her – and her family.
Matilda's Cat
Author: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 5+
Matilda's cat watches with disdain as his mistress plays with wool, climbs into boxes and dons a funky hat. But there is one thing that Matilda's cat likes very much indeed.
Meerkat Mail
Author: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Macmillan Children's books
Interest age: 4-6
Reading age: 5+
Sunny lives on an arid plain with his extensive and loving meerkat family; they work together, play together and together do their best to stay away from jackals!
Monkey and Me
Author: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 5+
A small girl takes her toy monkey everywhere with her. Together they imitate and then imagine visiting a string of real animals, from penguins to kangaroos, whose glorious images fill the pages.
Orange Pear Apple Bear
Author: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Macmillan Children's books
Interest age: 0-3
Emily Gravett's colourful yet sparse illustrations cleverly depict a bumbling bear interacting in many different and imaginative ways with the fruit mentioned in the title.
The Imaginary
Author: A F Harrold
Illustrator: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Interest age: 8+
Reading age: 8+
This is young fiction of the very best quality, showcasing inspiration, inventiveness and an intoxicating passion for storytelling. The Imaginary has the potential to be a family favourite and a future classic.
The Odd Egg
Author: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Macmillan
Interest age: 3-5
All the birds have laid an egg and are eagerly anticipating the arrival of their chicks, but poor Duck can’t understand why he hasn’t produced an egg too.
Then Duck finds a big, spotted egg – the most beautiful egg he has ever seen – and claims it for his own.
One by one, eggs hatch for Hen, Owl, Parrot and Flamingo, but despite waiti…
Tidy
Author: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Two Hoots
Interest age: 4-7
Reading age: 6+
Pete the badger likes to keep everything neat and tidy, but his over-zealous cleaning begins to have a damaging impact on the forest. This entertaining picture book, with its rich illustrations, carries an important environmental message.