Clever Crow

A gorgeously designed nonfiction picture book with fascinating text and dynamic illustrations, effortlessly conveying corvid charisma. – Imogen Russell Williams * The Guardian *…a picture book as intelligent as its subject—though a good deal more sophisticated-looking, thanks to the muted palette and distempered quality of Olivia Lomenech Gill’s mixed-media artwork… a fine work of nonfiction. * The Wall Street Journal *Chris Butterworth’s engaging text takes a child-friendly approach to topics from food and flying to nesting, playing and remembering, and reads well aloud. * Books for Keeps *charming … with lively watercolours by Olivia Lomenech Gill, including a beautiful display of corvid eggs. * The Spectator *Chris Butterworth has gathered together some fascinating facts about these birds which she presents in an entirely accessible, almost story-like style and Olivia Lomenech Gill’s illustrations are almost like miniature watercolours, each one incredibly detailed, buzzing with energy and life. * Armadillo Magazine *

Chris Butterworth is the author of over seventy books, mostly non-fiction, and has written on subjects as diverse as disasters, hiccoughs, basketball and snakes. She has written a number of non-fiction titles for Walker, including The Things that I LOVE about TREES, illustrated by Charlotte Voake, Where Do Clothes Come From? and the winner of the American Farm Bureau’s Book of the Year, Lunchbox: The Story of Your Food, both illustrated Lucia Gaggiotti.

Olivia Lomenech Gill is a fine artist and illustrator who won the Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2025 with Clever Crow. She worked with Michael and Clare Morpurgo on Where My Wellies Take Me, shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway medal, illustrated the new edition of J. K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and, most recently, Medusa, written by Jessie Burton. Olivia lives in Brittany, France.