Julia Donaldson Children Books

A book is a gift you can open again and again - Garrison Keillor

Julia Donaldson CBE 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, The Room on the Broom, Stick Man and etc. 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 widelyavailable in bookshops. The remaining 120 are intended for school use and include her Songbirds phonic reading scheme.

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