Two years after graduation she won the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, recognising Wolves as the previous year's (2005) best-illustrated new children's book published in the United Kingdom. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. I’ve never actually illustrated somebody else’s text or whole book anywhere and I find that that would be actually quite difficult.

Of Tidy, Kirkus said: ' Artistic virtuoso Gravett wields her pencils, watercolors, and wax crayons (and a nifty, layered cover die cut) to create detail that's tender and sharp, with backgrounds both lush and quirky. This particular copy is from the university library rather than the local library, in which case any sort of paper engineering tends to get mangled. As a teacher, the possibilities for activities in which students look through the eyes of different characters or even create their own versions of the book with different pairs are exciting. Pat has a different kind of tail and looks a bit scruffy but the duo enjoy each other’s company until one of the park’s other inhabitants informs Cyril that Pat is a rat and no squirrel can befriend one.He's so absorbed in the book that he doesn't notice that the wolves he's reading about are slowly creeping out of the book and coming to life around him. The text begins with a rabbit checking out a book about wolves from the library and the reader shares this book with the rabbit, with some facts about wolves given on each page.

The text moves from the pages of the book (in the story) and becomes a narrative for the actual book. As I moved through the book I became increasingly aware that things were not going well for the rabbit, and I had no idea how to save him.I also provided an alternative (although slightly unbelievable) ending for sensitive readers made of ripped up pieces of the book. 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!