Axel Scheffler
Axel was born in Hamburg, Germany. At school he was good at art, but didn't think of a career in illustration until he won a cuddly purple cow in a drawing competition. He moved to England in 1982 to study illustration at the Bath Academy of Art, and then set up home in London.
He was the illustrator for Julia Donaldson's first picture book, A Squash and a Squeeze - the start of a hugely successful partnership. Their bestselling modern classic, The Gruffalo, has sold millions of copies. His books have been translated into 42 languages.
Books
Axel Scheffler Rhyming Stories Book 1: Pip the Dog and Freddy the Frog
Author: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Campbell Books
Interest age: 2-5
The first in a series of rhyming stories following unlikely friends who love to make noise and have fun.
Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Ocean
Author: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Interest age: 3-6
Reading age: 5+
Featuring Axel Scheffler's bright, friendly and recognisable animal illustrations and a lighthearted rhyming text, children can also mix the animal names, poems AND animal pictures up to create amusing hybrids.
Axel Scheffler's Flip-Flap Farm
Author: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 6+
Axel Scheffler's Flip Flap Farm is a rhyming book app: swipe any part of the screen to create 121 different combinations of animal halves, rhymes and silly, hybrid animal names.
Ben a Betsan: Y Falŵn fawr / Ben and Betsan: The Big Balloon (bilingual)
Author: Axel Scheffler Adapted by Eleri Huws
Publisher: Rily
Interest age: 2-6
Reading age: 6+
Gydag anifeiliaid llawn cymeriad ar bob tudalen, mae llawer i’w ganfod a’i archwilio yn y stori hyfryd hon am gyfeillgarwch.
Filled with characterful animals on every page, there’s lots to spot and explore in this cheering story about friendship.
Fox’s Socks
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Macmillan
Interest age: 1-4
Mr Fox has lost his socks! Where could they be? A 'getting dressed' book, a hide-and-seek book and a lift-the-flap book, all rolled into one! The ultimate question, of course, is will Fox find his socks?
Hide-and-Seek Pig
Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Interest age: 1+
Reading age: 5+
Help Pig find Hen by lifting the flaps on each page in this fun game of hide and seek.
Higgly Hen
Author: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Interest age: 0-3
Oh dear - Higgly Hen has lost her chicks! This friendly farmyard board book is a must for Scheffler fans. The addition of a fun sound button will amuse toddlers and adds an extra element of play.
Monkey Puzzle
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Sheffler
Publisher: Macmillan Children's books
Interest age: 3-6
Reading age: 6+
Monkey is lost in the jungle, so he asks Butterfly to help him find his mum. However, Butterfly cannot seem to understand that Monkey and his mum look alike!
Pip and Posy: The Bedtime Frog
Author: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 5+
A beautifully illustrated and simply worded story about friendship and kindness.
Pip and Posy: The Little Puddle
Author: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 5+
Pip is having so much fun at Posy's house that he forgets he needs a wee...
Pip and Posy: The Scary Monster
Author: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 5+
Full of lovely detail, this is a delightful story about being brave and taking turns
Pip and Posy: The Snowy Day
Author: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 5+
- Posy wants to make a snowmouse and Pip wants to make a snowrabbit...
- Colourful, engaging illustrations and a simple, lively story about friends falling out and making up.
- Part of award-winning illustrator Axel Scheffler's series about the ups and downs of toddler life!
Pip and Posy: The Super Scooter
Author: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Interest age: 1+
Reading age: 5+
Part of the endearing Pip and Posy series with gentle lessons for toddlers and preschoolers
Rabbit's Nap
Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 6+
All Rabbit wants is to have a nap. But who is being so noisy? Lift the flaps to find out who is keeping Rabbit awake in Acorn Wood.
Superworm
Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Alison Green Books
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 6+
Superworm is a hero with a difference. Super-long and super-strong, he's always on hand to help out the other creatures - until the evil Wizard Lizard captures him.
Tales from Acorn Wood: Opposites
Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books
Interest age: 0-3
Donaldson and Scheffler are already household names for those with young children, and now even the very newest members of the family can enjoy their work in this lovely board book about opposites, full of traditional illustration.
The Grunts In Trouble
Author: Philip Ardagh
Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Interest age: 6+
Reading age: 8+
Meet deliciously disgusting duo The Grunts in the first of an irreverent series from Philip Ardagh
The Smartest Giant in Town
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Macmillan Children's books
Interest age: 4-7
Reading age: 5+
George is the scruffiest giant in town, so he buys a new outfit to smarten himself up. On the way home, however, he meets others who are in greater need of his clothes than he is...
Tiddler
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Scholastic
Interest age: 3-6
Although he looks small and ordinary, Tiddler is a fish who loves to tell tall tales. But one day he is swept up in a fisherman's net and then thrown back in to an unfamiliar part of the sea.
Zog
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Sheffler
Publisher: Alison Green books
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 6+
Zog is a keen dragon at Dragon School who aims to be the best in his class and win a golden star.