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Julia Donaldson

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Julia Donaldson offers a delightful collection of children’s books that enchant young readers with engaging stories, rhythmic language, and memorable characters. Her works, including beloved titles like All About Stick Man and A Squash and a Squeeze, combine playful storytelling with imaginative themes, perfect for early learning and shared reading.

Beyond stories, her collections often feature songs, puzzles, and interactive elements, making them ideal for educational settings and at-home exploration. Readers and listeners can expect a rich blend of music, language, and fun, fostering creativity and a love of reading from the earliest years.

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  • The Princess and the Wizard
    "The princess may try seven times to escape By changing her colour and changing her shape." But each time Princess Eliza changes—into a blue fish, a yellow chick, a red fox, or a black cat—the wicked wizard finds her and sets her another horrible task. Will this plucky princess be able to outwit him and escape back to the palace...
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  • The Gruffalo: A First Sticker Book
    With over 250 easy-to-use stickers and loads of fun activities that are perfect for preschoolers, The Gruffalo: A First Sticker Book is sure to delight fans of the picture book! The Gruffalo: A First Sticker Book is packed full of sticker scenes, matching activities, simple puzzles, colouring, sticker games, and more - plus all your favourite characters from the deep...
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  • Squirrel's Snowman
    Lift the flaps and join in the winter fun with Squirrel's Snowman, a new story in the Tales from Acorn Wood preschool series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo - perfect for sharing at Christmas! It's snowing in Acorn Wood, and Squirrel wants to build a snowman. Will she and her friends find everything they need...
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  • Room on the Broom: A Push, Pull and Slide Book
    Push, pull and slide the magical moving mechanisms in this brilliant board book to meet all your favourite characters from the bestselling picture book Room on the Broom - and bring the story to life! Wiggle the witch's broomstick to make her and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains. Push and pull the tabs to see what...
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  • The Giant Jumperee
    A new read-aloud classic picture book from internationally bestselling and award-winning author/illustrator duo, Julia Donaldson and Helen Oxenbury. Rabbit was hopping home one day when he heard a loud voice coming from inside his burrow. "I'M THE GIANT JUMPEREE AND I'M SCARY AS CAN BE!" When Rabbit's friends Cat, Bear, and Elephant come to help, they are each scared away...
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  • Who's on the Farm? A What the Ladybird Heard Book
    Packed full of everyone's favourite farm animals, and with a large flap to lift on every page, Who's on the Farm? is perfect for fans of the What the Ladybird Heard series. Who can you find down on the farm? Lanky Len and Hefty Hugh have fallen into a heap of muck (yuk!) and the hairy hog is behind a...
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  • Who's at the Zoo? A What the Ladybird Heard Book
    Packed full of everyone's favourite zoo animals, and with a large flap to lift on every page, Who's at the Zoo? is perfect for fans of the What the Ladybird Heard series. The elephant is fast asleep and the tiger is playing with her cubs, but where are those cunning thieves, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len? Based on Julia Donaldson...
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  • The Gruffalo's Child
    The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep dark wood. But one wild and windy night, the Gruffalo's child disobeys her father's warnings and ventures out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist... does he? The Gruffalo's Child is the number one bestselling, much-loved sequel to the worldwide picture-book phenomenon...
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  • Frog's Day Out
    Lift the flaps to join in the fun at the seaside with Frog's Day Out, a story in the bestselling Tales from Acorn Wood preschool series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. All aboard for a fun day at the seaside! Lift the flaps to help Frog and his friends pack their sunhats, buckets and spades,...
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  • Dormouse Has a Cold
    Lift the flaps and get cosy with Dormouse Has a Cold, a new story in the bestselling Tales from Acorn Wood preschool series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. Dormouse is sniffing and snuffling - being ill is hard! But with some help from Doctor Stoat and a visit from her friends as she snuggles up...
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  • Julia Donaldson X10 Ziplock Pack 2015
    The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child, Room on the Broom… When it comes to books for toddlers, Julia Donaldson can’t be beaten, and you’ll find all these and more in this brilliant 10-book collection. Sure to quickly become bedtime favourites, our collection also includes Julia Donaldson stories that may not be as well known but are just as delightful. With flowing,...
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  • What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday
    With a whole host of noisy zoo-animal characters to meet and even a cameo from the Queen, What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday is a fantastic rhyming adventure from the stellar picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. This edition includes an audio CD of the story read by Alexander Armstrong. Those two bad men, Lanky Len and...
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  • The Gruffalo's Child 20th Anniversary Edition
    This special 20th anniversary edition of The Gruffalo's Child is a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler fans, featuring a shiny cover and special bonus content to enjoy! The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should Ever set foot in the deep dark wood. "Why not? Why not?" "Because if you do The Big Bad...
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  • Zog and the Flying Doctors Gift edition board book
    Meet the Flying Doctors: Princess Pearl, Sir Gadabout, and, of course, their trusty "air ambulance", Zog the dragon, in this fabulously original sequel to the best-selling Zog. They soar over the countryside, tending to sunburnt mermaids, sneezy lions, and distressed unicorns. But when the king himself falls ill, can even the Flying Doctors save him?
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  • The Ugly Five
    Who’s this funny-looking bunch of animals? They’re gangly, warty, bumpy, bristly, spotty, stinky– and totally irresistible! The Ugly Five by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is a wonderfully warm, funny picture book that is a glorious celebration of the real-life ‘Ugly Five’ animals in Africa. With its perfect rhyme and superb illustrations, it’s a comic masterpiece that is a joy...
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  • The Highway Rat Gift Edition
    Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Highway Rat gallops along the highway, stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit; nuts from a squirrel–he even steals his own horse's hay. Then he finally meets his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck. A fabulous, rollicking rhyme, in the style of the famous Alfred Noyes poem,...
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  • The Baddies (PB)
    Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are the Lennon and McCartney of children's publishing - Sunday Times This fabulous picture book from superstar author and illustrator Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is a riot of slapstick fun and silliness. The Baddies are the meanest, nastiest ghost, witch and troll in the land. They just adore being bad and fight over who...
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  • Superworm Gift Edition Board Book
    Superworm is super-long. Superworm is super-strong. Watch him wiggle! See him squirm! Hip, hip, hooray for SUPERWORM! Never fear, Superworm's here! He can fish Spider out of a well and rescue Toad from a busy road. But who will come to Superworm's rescue, when he's captured by a wicked Wizard Lizard? Luckily, all of Superworm's insect friends have a cunning...
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  • Tabby McTat
    The heart-warming picture book from the number one bestselling author and illustrator of The Gruffalo, Stick Man, and Zog. "Me, you and the old guitar. How perfectly, perfectly happy we are. MEEE-EW and the old guitar. How PURRRR-fectly happy we are!" Tabby McTat is purr-fectly happy, singing along all day with Fred the busker. But when Fred gives chase to...
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