Julia Donaldson
Author · born 1948

Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson (born 1948) is an English children's writer. Born in London.

Our catalogue lists 9 books by Julia Donaldson, mostly dragon fantasy, pirate adventure and mermaid fiction. They span 1999 to 2016. The most-read is The Gruffalo (1999).

Books by Julia Donaldson

Biography

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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