Julia Donaldson
Julia Donaldson is one of today's most popular writers. Her bestselling titles include The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo's Child and Room on the Broom. Although she is best-known for her picture books, Julia also writes longer novels, plays and songs. She lives in Glasgow and spends a lot of time on stage performing her brilliant sell-out singalong shows!
Julia Donaldson was the Children's Laureate 2011-13.
Books
A Squash and a Squeeze
Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 6+
An anxious little old lady has a house that is just too small - but when she asks a wise old man for help, he suggests a rather strange solution to her problems.
Cave Baby
Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 6+
Cave Baby is restless and sets about amusing himself. But he is warned that being naughty will mean 'A mammoth's going to throw you to the big brown bear!'
One Ted Falls Out of Bed
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Anna Currey
Publisher: Macmillan
Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 4+
This book is brilliant for bedtime, and the rhyming story is fun to read.
Spinderella
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Sebastien Braun
Publisher: Egmont
Interest age: 3-6
Reading age: 5-7
Spinderella is a spider who lives with her spider mum and brothers and sisters on top of a ceiling light at a school. A story about numbers, football and family, Spinderella is an enjoyable read for young children just starting to learn maths.
Stick Man
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Scholastic
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 6+
The award-winning creators of The Gruffalo now present us with a modern variation on a long-established folk tale theme, which details the perilous adventures of a stick.
The Gruffalo Song and Other Songs
Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Interest age: 4+
Reading age: 6+
The ever-popular Gruffalo returns in musical form in this book of songs to sing and play from Julia Donaldson.
The Gruffalo's Child
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Macmillan Children's books
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 7+
Five years after the publication of multi award-winning The Gruffalo, author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler return with a much-awaited sequel.
The Paper Dolls
Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Rebecca Cobb
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 6+
A little girl makes a string of paper dolls with her mother, and then takes them off to play in an imaginative world of her own - until a pair of scissors threaten.
The Smeds and the Smoos
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Alison Green Books
Interest age: 3-5
On a far-off planet, a young red Smed called Janet falls in love with a young blue Smoo called Bill. The newest rhyming picture book from the stellar pairing of Donaldson and Scheffler provides all their usual invention, quirkiness and read-aloud expertise.
The Wrong Kind of Bark
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Garry Parsons
Publisher: Egmont
Interest age: 5+
Reading age: 7+
When asked to bring things in for the nature table, Finlay gets the wrong end of the stick. But it’s when he brings in the wrong kind of bark that the chaos really begins!