Katy Bratun – Children's Book Author & Illustrator
Art, design, crafts and more
I spent much of my childhood scribbling relentlessly on every available surface in our house. My artwork took a turn for the dramatic when my mom sent me down to the basement with a big box of colored chalk to scribble to my heart’s content on the unpainted cement walls – one big endless sidewalk for my chalk. I began sketching pictures of monsters and maidens, ogres and alligators, rambling through imaginary narratives as I drew my way around the perimeter of the room. A childhood den of artiquity!
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I have created an online store where you can by gift items that feature some of my favorite characters from my illustrations.
Illustrating this book about a romp in the jungle was just about as much fun as jumping from puddle to puddle in the rain. It was quite a romp for me to paint — I invented imaginary animals, insects, and plants, and I loved animating the monkey mom and her rambunctious monkey son. This is a perfect Mothers Day book about spending the day in imaginary play, and also becomes a pretty dandy good night book to share before bedtime.
By Tara Jaye Morrow, illustrated by Katy Bratun
I love mice. Every chance I get I sneak them into my illustrations where kids can find them, peaking out from a flower pot or sneaking under a stair. I loved designing this backyard wildlife book and sketching out the interior pages. It is so intriguing to think of the world from a mouse’s point of view…
This book comes in two sizes, large and small, and also can include a dandy stuffed mouse and/or tape.
Written by Laura Gates Galvin, illustrated by Katy Bratun
For Backyard Wildlife series, Soundprints / Smithsonian Institution
This story about a giraffe with a a sore throat is cozy and fun to read. The book features the warm and kind Dr. Hippo who helps Sadie to get well. A pamphlet tucked in a pocket on the back cover provides parents with pertinent information about this childhood illness – when to take a child to the doctor, how to treat the common cold, etc…
Written by Charlotte Cowan, M.D., illustrated by Katy Bratun
For Hippocratic Press, and the Dr. Hippo series of picture books
This story about a polar bear cub with a cold is cozy and comforting. Created by Charlotte Cowan (an M.D. herself), the book features Dr. Hippo – such a warm and fun character I fell in love with him myself while painting the pictures. A pamphlet tucked in a pocket on the back cover provides parents with pertinent information about this childhood illness – when to take a child to the doctor, how to treat the common cold, etc…
By Charlotte Cowan, M.D., illustrated by Katy Bratun
For Hippocratic Press, and the Dr. Hippo series of picture books
