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Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum

by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Nick Sharratt

Interest age: 5+
Reading age: 7+

Published by Macmillan Children's Books, 2005

  • Funny
  • Poetry and rhyme

About this book

An irrisistible collection of poems including nonsense rhymes, number rhymes, poems about everyday life and reflective poems, all illustrated with Nick Sharratt’s appealling black and white drawings.

Favourites include ‘The Crow and the Fox’ about a fox outwitting a crow to get his cheese; ‘Question Time’ about the varied questions authors get asked at school visits and ‘I Opened a Book’ about the delights of reading.

There is a poem to appeal to everyone in this thoughtful and fun collection.

About the author

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.

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