Katie in London – flying the flag!

As preparations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee gather pace, Orchard Books are joining in the fun with this special Jubilee edition of Katie in London, with regal gold foil on the cover! It certainly looks patriotic… and just in time for the Olympics too. If I entered the Olympics, I wonder what my sport would be. Cake eating perhaps?

On an Olympic theme, I noticed that the orginal edition of Katie in London was the NUMBER ONE best-seller on Amazon’s picture book chart! Not bad for a book that’s nearly a decade old, and surely worthy of a gold medal!

The Jubilee edition will be out on May 3rd.

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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.

4 responses to “Katie in London – flying the flag!”

  1. Anonymous avatar
    Anonymous

    Hi James,

    We are a prep class in Queenscliff, Australia.

    We have read your book this week because we are learning about the Olympics and they are in London.

    We have enjoyed the book because there are lots of things that make London famous.

    Nicholas liked seeing Buckingham Palace and he didn’t know it was in London.

    Max B didn’t know there were castles in London. He found out that the ghosts of kings and queens haunt the castle.

    Freya liked Buckingham Palace because it’s a castle and the queen lives there.

    Luella’s favourite part of the story was when the queen waved to Jack and Katie.

    Tess’ favourite part was when they went on the London Eye because the lion was scared.

    We also had lots of questions about the story. We wrote about them on our blog. We’d love you to have a look! Here’s the link: http://bit.ly/MMPoNF

    From Prep, St Aloysius

  2. James Mayhew avatar

    Thanks you Nicholas, Max B, Freya, Luella Tess and all at St Aloysius! It’s very exciting to hear from you and I’m looking forward to visiting the blog!

    Best wishes from an Olympic England!

  3. Sarah avatar
    Sarah

    Dear Mr. Mayhew,

    I’m a German student of Teaching English in the Primary Classroom and I’m writing my examination paper about your picture book. The theme is “Bridging the gap. The use of picture books in the EFL classroom: year 4 and 5”. I wanted to ask you, if you have any ideas for a teaching unit with “Katie in London” in class 4 and 5 with children learning English as a foreign language.
    Thank you for this wonderful book!

    Best wishes from Germany, Sarah R.

    1. James Mayhew avatar

      Hi Sarah, why don’t you email me directly: katiespictureshow@gmail.com

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