Julia Donaldson
English children's writer · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1948 · age 78
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 and Stick Man.
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Rob Brydon Also in The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child
Axel Scheffler Also in The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child
Max Lang Directed The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Zog
Sally Hawkins Also in Room on the Broom and Stick Man
Helena Bonham Carter Also in The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child
John Hurt Julia wrote The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
Robbie Coltrane Also in The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child
Tom Wilkinson Julia wrote The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
James Corden Also in The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child- Jakob Schuh Directed The Gruffalo (2009)
Cariad Lloyd Also in The Snail and the Whale and Tabby McTat
Malorie Blackman Succeeded Julia as Children's Laureate
Anthony Browne Preceded Julia as Children's Laureate
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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.
