Katie’s National Gallery Adventure!


With just over three weeks to go until the launch of the Katie Trail at the National Gallery in London, the trail is finished and at the printers. Meanwhile, after filling in all sorts of forms, the gallery have sent a small selection of pictures from the October half term workshops. Here’s one… this is me in the British gallery (you can just make out Whistlejacket’s front legs!) with a sea of people gathered. It was such an exciting week.

The launch of the trail will be a lot of fun as well. It’s on Wednesday 23rd February, starting at 2pm in the Education Centre (The Orange street entrance). My lovely co-author Caroline Marcus will join me in a tour of the gallery, telling stories about the pictures and answering questions. Numbers are strictly limited to 70, so please come early.

If you can’t make it in time, at 3.45 I’ll be off to the Sainsbury Wing bookshop to sign books, so you can come and find me then.

If you have old copies of Katie stories bring them along. Or if you have gaps in your collection, see if the gallery bookshop has that missing title!

Hope to see you there!

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON THE NATIONAL GALLERY WEBSITE

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James Mayhew

James is the creator of the much-loved Katie and Ella Bella Ballerina series and has written or illustrated many other books, including Koshka’s Tales, Mouse & Mole (by Joyce Dunbar) and Gaspard the Fox (by Zeb Soanes). Alongside his work in publishing, James performs live on stage during concerts for children, combining live classical music, storytelling and art.

2 responses to “Katie’s National Gallery Adventure!”

  1. Teresa avatar

    Dear James,
    Here’s an «Olá» from Portugal to wish you All The Best with this fabulastic Katie Trail… we (me and my three girls) follow your work and own and love all the Katie books. They seat at the throne of our special books shelf! When I told the girls about this amazing 23rd February event the screams were so loud I’m sure you must have heard them… We all wish we could be there, but we are far far away.
    This seemed the ideal time to thank you for your wonderful work and how it has helped me show the girls how magical Art can be if we see it instead of just look at it.
    Best wishes for the upcoming event. Here in Portugal (where your books are not available and sadly missed…) 4 of your greatest fans will be thinking of you. Love from the Byrnes Teresa, Sofia, Mariana and Teresinha.

  2. Veronica avatar

    It’s very exciting! Hope all is going well with the launch today.

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