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Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson CBE (born Julia Catherine Shields; born 16 September 1948) 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 her songs, "A Squash and a Squeeze", were made into a children's book in 1993. Of her 184 published works, 64 are widely available in bookshops. The remaining 120 are intended for school use and include her Songbirds phonic reading scheme, which is part of the Oxford University Press's Oxford Reading Tree.

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  • Cover of: The Gruffalo

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  • Cover of: The Gruffalo's Child

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  • Cover of: Room on the Broom Sticker Book

    Cover of edition roomonbroomstick0000dona Cover of edition isbn_9781529017649 Cover of edition roomonbroom0000dona Cover of edition roomonbroom00dona Cover of edition roomonbroom0000dona_d5i4 Cover of edition roomonbroom0000dona_l9b2 Cover of edition cd_room-on-the-broom_julia-donaldson-axel-scheffler-josie-lawre First published in 2001 — 61 editions
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  • Cover of: Let's Read: The Snail and the Whale

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  • Cover of: The Smartest Giant In Town

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  • Cover of: A squash and a squeeze

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  • Cover of: Stick Man

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  • Cover of: What the Ladybird Heard

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  • Cover of: Monkey Puzzle

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  • Cover of: Charlie Cook's favorite book

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  • Cover of: The highway rat

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  • Cover of: Superworm

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  • Cover of: Sharing a Shell

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  • Cover of: Zog

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  • Cover of: Tiddler

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  • Cover of: Tyrannasaurus Drip

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  • Cover of: What the Ladybird Heard Next

    Cover of edition whatladybugheard0000dona_k3n5 First published in 2015 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: Tabby McTat, the musical cat

    Cover of edition tabbymctat0000dona Cover of edition tabbymctatmusica0000dona First published in 2009 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: The Princess and the Wizard

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  • Cover of: Follow the swallow

    Cover of edition followswallow0000dona Cover of edition followswallow00dona First published in 1997 — 15 editions
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Born 1948

Subjects

Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Picture books, Stories in rhyme, Fiction, Toy and movable books, Pictorial works, Readers, Readers (Primary), Animals, fiction, Animals, Board books, Children's stories, Children's stories, English, Princesses, fiction, Creative activities and seat work, Student activities, Child and youth fiction, Juvenile literature, Readers (Elementary), Anglais (Langue), Princesses, Children's poetry, Friendship, Friendship, fiction

Places

Africa, Glasgow (Scotland), Israel, Scotland, Trees, a palce, deep dark wood

People

A person, Gruffalo, Mirror-Belle Princess (Fictitious character), fox, mouse, owl, people, snake

Time

juveniles, In a forest, in a palce

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May 16, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
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April 20, 2023 Edited by Lisa merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import