Author134 booksJulia Donaldson
Dame Julia Catherine Donaldson is a British 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, Stick Man, and Superworm. 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.
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Books by Julia Donaldson
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The Gruffalo
Room on the Broom
The Gruffalo's Child
The Snail and the Whale
A Squash and a Squeeze
Monkey Puzzle
Stick Man
What the Ladybird Heard
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book
Superworm
Zog
Sharing a Shell
Night Monkey, Day Monkey
Spinderella
The Princess and the Wizard
The Highway Rat
Tiddler
Tabby McTat
The Paper Dolls
Sugarlump and the Unicorn
One Mole Digging a Hole
What the Ladybird Heard Next
Fox's Socks
Tyrannosaurus Drip
The Rhyming Rabbit
Follow the Swallow
Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose
Scarecrows' Wedding
Rabbit's Nap
Jack and the Flumflum Tree
Giant Jumperee
Singing Mermaid
The Troll
One Ted Falls Out of Bed
Hippo has a hat
Rosie's Hat
Goat goes to playgroup
The Dinosaur's Diary (Galaxy Children's Large Print)
Cave Baby
The Flying Bath
Princess Mirror-Belle
The Detective Dog
Oxford Reading Tree : Stage 5
The Giants and the Joneses
Princess Mirror-Belle and the Magic Shoes
Smeds and the Smoos
Brick-a-Breck
Freddie and the Fairy
What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday
The Ugly Five
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