Catch That Egg!

Lucy Rowland grew up in Cheltenham and gained a degree in Speech and Language Therapy from the University of Reading before becoming a children's speech and language therapist in South London where she now lives. Lucy has loved reading and listening to poetry from a young age and has turned her passion into writing picture book stories with quirky characters and irresistible rhythms. Catch That Egg! is Lucy's fourth picture book title for Macmillan Children's Books, following on from Little Red Reading Hood, Jake Bakes a Monster Cake and Pirate Pete and His Smelly Feet.Anna Chernyshova trained in academic drawing in her birthplace of Russia before studying the prestigious MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. Anna was highly commended in the 2014 Macmillan Prize and has since illustrated several young fiction titles. Catch That Egg! is Anna's second picture book for Macmillan Children's Books, after her Christmas debut, Santa Selfie. Anna lives in Cambridge with her husband and young daughter who constantly inspires her book illustrations.

Anna Chernyshova's gorgoeus illustrations are a real stand-out feature of the book - they are packed with amazing detail and a superb group of characters.