Book review: Sylvie and Bird

Sylvia and Bird was recommended to me by Emily, the children’s manager at Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi. I’d never heard of the Scottish author-illustrator Catherine Rayner, and Emily explained that she’s a bit under the radar here, having published in the US with a small outfit, and only now moving onto a major publisher. Her ink line is expressive, and her watercolors unique. It seems like exactly the kind of book that Galatea is not ready for yet but her parents will love, as was the case with Kevin Waldron‘s Tiny Little Fly. (Andromache did manage to get Gal interested in chasing a 
fly, but the connection with the book itself is pretty tenuous.) Report on this book to come.