Julia Donaldson is the author of some of the best-loved children’s books.
She started her career as a singer-songwriter, writing mainly for children’s television.
Julia has written over 150 books. She decided she wanted to be a writer when her father gave her a big book of poems for her fifth birthday. The Gruffalo, one of the most successful Julia Donaldson stories, has been translated into over 43 different languages.
The most popular Julia Donaldson books are
A Squash and a Squeeze (1993)
The Gruffalo (1999)
Monkey Puzzle (2000)
Room on the Broom (2002)
The Smartest Giant in Town (2002)
The Snail and the Whale (2003)
Fox’s Socks (2003)
Rabbit’s Nap (2003)
The Gruffalo’s Child (2004)
Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book (2005)
Stick Man (2008)
What the Ladybird Heard (2009)
Zog(2010)
The Highway Rat (2011)
The Paper Dolls (2012)
Sugarlump and the Unicorn (2013)
The Scarecrows’ Wedding (2014)
The Detective Dog (2016)
The Everywhere Bear (2017)