Cat MacInnes Illustration

03/02/2025

My eldest daughter and I joined a team of local bird surveyors in the holidays, and it was such an interesting experience!

We wandered through a local reserve with the Glenfern Green Wedge Group and spotted lots of native birds, learning about their calls and habits.

One of my favourite moments was when we noticed some Pardalotes with their babies.

There were two species of Pardalote in the area: Striated and Spotted.

I loved them so much I had to illustrate them!

We saw so many different species of bird, I might illustrate a different one each week. ❤️

31/01/2025

Oh wow! I’ve got a new top fan! Big shout out to you, Umme Haanee 💎

I appreciate the support and made a little illustration to say thanks! 💕

30/01/2025

30/01/2025

Happy Lunar New Year!
Year of the (stripy and somewhat naive) Snake.

🐍❤️

08/11/2024

Visited Dymocks today and spotted some copies of What Noise Does the Baby Make? Very exciting! ❤️

Thanks Dymocks Books

Written by: Jacinta Froud Writes
Illustrated by: me
Published by: Windy Hollow Books

04/11/2024

Thank you so much for the review, StoryLinks - Quality children’s and YA book reviews! 🙏🏼

✨Recent Picture Book Reviews✨
https://storylinks.booklinks.org.au/category/reviews/picture-books/

The Cheeky Toddler Alphabetbell Formosa Jennifer Falkner Hachette Children's Books ANZ

Our World: Philippines
Happy Garaje Barefoot Books

Walking Together
Coral Vass, author Dub Leffler Scholastic Australia

Bamboozled
David Legge Scholastic Australia

A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing the Perfect Pet
Ali Rutstein - Children's Author Tommy Doyle Illustration

What Noise Does the Baby Make?
Jacinta Froud Writes Cat MacInnes Illustration Windy Hollow Books

The Glad Not Sad Book
Kim Michelle Toft - Artist Silkim Books

Dung Beetle On a Roll
CSIRO Publishing

Purinina
CSIRO Publishing

Reviewed by:
✨Mia Macrossan
✨Margarite Igras
✨Helen Gearing - Writer

Posted by Jamie Willis
Supported by Book Links - The Centre for Children's Literature

31/10/2024

Ooooh..! Eeeeeek! ARGH!

Here are some spooky vintage Halloween masks! Which background do you like best? 🎃🤡👹

23/10/2024

It was great fun working on the new illustrations with SEEK. And I’m loving seeing them popping up in the latest ads!

(Very helpful info and tips too! Check them out at SEEK.)

16/10/2024

My Endangered Australian Animals greeting card range with Australia Post available online, as well as in store!

I want to raise awareness for some of these beautiful and sadly endangered animals, including the Eastern Quoll, the Green Turtle and The Regent Honeyeater.

There are some great organisations doing great things, including WWF-Australia.

15/10/2024

My floral range of Australian greeting cards and wrapping paper with Australia Post available online, as well as in store! Dream project ❤️

30/09/2024

Absolutely loved working on this important campaign with Alcohol and Drug Foundation.

23/09/2024

I’m so excited to be able to share the new Alcohol and Drug Foundation campaign!

Illustrations by me.
Animated by Sean Kelly.
Sound by Matt Archer.

Another dream collab!

13/09/2024

I LOVE it when I have an order to deliver to lorna cafe. Always requires a coffee break and meal, I find…

Swipe to see more of me ‘casually’ sitting in front of the mural I painted to commemorate the Good Food Guide Cafe of the Year Award, 2023. ❤️

12/09/2024

Here’s some wattle to celebrate the start of Spring! 💛

Here are just a few different types I’ve found on my walks.

I didn’t invent the one at the top right! IT IS REAL (see photo).

31/08/2024

Go Jess!! champion wins silver in the Para-cycling Women’s B 1000m Time Trial!

It was such an honour to do your portrait in Shout Out to the Girls: a Celebration of Awesome Australian Women!

https://jessgallagher.com.au/shout-out-to-the-girls/

Published by

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29/08/2024

I may faint. It’s only Sean Lennon!!

PLEASE COME TO MY BOOK TALK & SIGNING
CLICK AND GET A FREE TICKET!
Englewood Public Library, New Jersey
OCTOBER 7, 2024 / 7pm

https://www.northjersey.com/things-to-do/events/?_evDiscoveryPath=/event/2512646-madeline-bocaro-in-your-mind-the-infinite-universe-of-yoko-ono-

Author Madeline Bocaro visits the Englewood Public Library to discuss her book
In Your Mind - the Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono
Monday, October 7th at 7 p.m.,

The true, complete and deeply insightful story of the extraordinary woman whom John Lennon loved. The incredible love story of John and Yoko, their work together and her relationship to the Beatles is also explored. Ono's story goes way beyond what most people know. There are astounding details about Yoko's life (thirty-three years before meeting Lennon, twelve years with him, and over forty years of creativity since his death).

The author illuminates Ono's spiritual nature and wisdom in this detailed exploration of Yoko's heritage, her childhood, her art, films, music and activism for peace and women's rights. The undeserved negativity that Ono has received throughout her life as an Asian woman, a child of war in Japan and as the wife of one of the Beatles is explored. The author has followed Ono's career since the mid-1960s, assembling a vast media archive on the artist. Yoko's own voice, along with Lennon's and others (in cited, published interviews) tell her undeniably true story. Bocaro has spent valuable time with Ono, gaining incredible insight. Yoko Ono's work is unfinished – to be completed in your mind.

28/08/2024

I’ve been meaning to share some pages from the beautiful new book What Noise does the Baby Make? Written by Jacinta Froud Writes, published by Windy Hollow Books and illustrated by me!

Here are some of my favourite pages.

(Did you know what noise an iguana makes? I didn’t!)

Available now in book stores and via Windy Hollow Books.

Achoo! Achoo! 🦎