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Julia Catherine Donaldson CBE ( née Shields; born 16 September 1948) [3] [1] is an English writer and playwright, and the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate. She is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man.
The Gruffalo is a British children's picture book by author Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. It tells the story of a mouse taking a walk in the woods and deceiving different predators, including the Gruffalo. The Gruffalo was first published in 1999 in the United Kingdom by Macmillan Children's Books. It is about 700 words ...
- 23 March 1999
- Macmillan (UK)/Viking Children's Books (US)
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Biography - Julia Donaldson. I grew up in London, in a tall Victorian terraced house. My granny lived at the top and my uncle and aunt were on the middle floor. My parents, younger sister Mary and I shared the ground floor with our cat Geoffrey. (He was really a prince in disguise. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him.)
Room on the Broom is a British children's story book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, [1] which tells the story of a kind witch and her cat who invite three other animals (a dog, a bird and a frog) to join them travelling on her broomstick. Room on the Broom has been translated into 22 languages and ...
First edition cover. The Gruffalo's Child is a British children's picture book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson, and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. It is the bestselling sequel to The Gruffalo [1] [2] and won the 2005 National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year. [3] [4] The book has been adapted into theatrical productions since ...
- United Kingdom
- Julia Donaldson
- English
- Axel Scheffler
Julia Catherine Donaldson is an English writer and playwright, and the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate. She is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She originally wrote songs for children's television but has concentrated on writing books since the words of one of ...
