Julia Donaldson
Author of The Gruffalo
About the Author
Julia Catherine Donaldson was born on Sept. 16, 1948 in London. She is a British writer and playwright and the 2011-2013 Children's Laureate. She is known for her rhyming stories for children. These include: The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She began writing songs for children's show more television but has focused on writing books when the words of one of her songs - A Squash and a Squeeze were made into a children's book in 1993. She has over 180 published works with 120 of them intended for school use and include her Songbirds phonic reading scheme, which is part of the Oxfird Reading Tree. She has won several awards including: The Stockport Book Award for her title The Troll, The Oxfordshire Book Award for her title Zog and The Oldham Book Award for her title Jack and the Flumflum Tree. In 2015 The Gruffalo made The New Zealand Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Julia Donaldson
Series
Works by Julia Donaldson
(MY FIRST GRUFFALO: HELLO GRUFFALO! BUGGY BOOK) BY DONALDSON, JULIA[ AUTHOR ]Board book 06-2011 (2011) 15 copies
Read with Oxford: Stages 1-2: Julia Donaldson's Songbirds: My Phonics Story Collection (2018) 14 copies
Animals in School: The Wrong Kind of Bark and the Quick Brown Fox Cub (Red Bananas) (2012) 13 copies
Oxford Reading Tree, Songbirds Phonics Collection 36-Books Set RRP128.82 (Stage 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5and6) (Oxford Reading… (2012) 6 copies
A Pocketful of Songs: book and CD featuring ten fabulous picture-book songs by Julia Donaldson (2022) 5 copies
Animal Antics 4 copies
קנה-סכר וקרן-אור. 2 copies
קוף היום וקופת הלילה 2 copies
Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 6: Songbirds Phonics: Class Pack (36 Books, 6 of Each Title) (2008) 2 copies
Fun On the Farm: Ziplock Pack 2 copies
Who's at the Zoo? A What the Ladybird Heard Book (What the Ladybird Heard Lift-the-Flaps) (2021) 2 copies
Spikkel en de eenhoorn 1 copy
Princessa i koldyn 1 copy
A három goni 1 copy
Хочу к Маме 1 copy
Улитка и Кит 1 copy
What the Ladybird Heard and other Stories Collection Set by Julia donaldson & Lydia Monks (The Princess and the Wizard,… (2020) 1 copy
Consegues Ver? 1 copy
O Grufalão - Livro Puzzle 1 copy
The Tabby McTat Sticker Activity Book: Packed with mazes, dot-to-dots, word searches, colouring-in pages and more! (2019) 1 copy
The Highway Rat & Zog 1 copy
Stockmann / Der Flunkerfisch: Mit Songs auf Deutsch und Englisch. Gesprochen und gesungen von Ilona Schulz (2010) 1 copy
Racconti del bosco 1 copy
Im Wald des Grüffelo: 3 Bücher in einem Band: Der Grüffelo, Das Grüffelokind, Stockmann (2019) 1 copy
Associated Works
Flights of Fancy: Creative Inspiration from Ten Award-Winning Authors and Illustrators (2019) — Contributor — 35 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1948-09-16
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Beardsen, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Hampstead, London, England, UK - Education
- Bristol University
- Occupations
- songwriter
playwright
children's book author - Awards and honors
- Children's Laureate (2011-2013)
Order of the British Empire (Member|2011)
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Statistics
- Works
- 441
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 34,080
- Popularity
- #559
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 425
- ISBNs
- 2,267
- Languages
- 38
- Favorited
- 13