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Julia Donaldson
London, England
Julia Donaldson CBE (born Julia Catherine Shields; born 16 September 1948) is an English writer, playwright and performer, and the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate. She is best known…
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Julia Donaldson CBE (born Julia Catherine Shields; born 16 September 1948) is an English writer, playwright and performer, 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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2026
The Scarecrows' Wedding
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2024
Tiddler
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2024
Tabby McTat
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2023
The Smeds and the Smoos
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2021
Superworm
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2021
Zog and the Flying Doctors
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2020
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
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2020
The Snail and the Whale
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2018
Zog
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2018
The Highway Rat
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2015
Stick Man
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2012
Room on the Broom
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2011
The Gruffalo's Child
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2009
The Gruffalo
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2006
Great British Menu
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2004
The Gruffalo
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