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A Treasury of Songs – The Scores Collection
Learn to play 26 original songs for piano, voice and guitar
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Play along on the piano or guitar with some of Julia Donaldson's best-loved picture-book songs and rhymes. Including much-loved modern classics, The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, and The Snail and the Whale. As well as her success as a beloved author of picture books, Julia...
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Learn to play favourite picture-book songs, fables and action rhymes by author and songwriter, Julia Donaldson, with this easy-to-follow score book, designed for piano, voice and guitar.
Learn to play favourite fables, picture-book songs and action rhymes by author and songwriter, Julia Donaldson, with this easy-to-follow score book, designed for piano and guitar.
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Play along on the piano or guitar with some of Julia Donaldson's best-loved picture-book songs and rhymes. Including much-loved modern classics, The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, and The Snail and the Whale.
As well as her success as a beloved author of picture books, Julia Donaldson is a gifted songwriter for children, and now you can learn to play all these family favourite songs, too! A Treasury of Songs – The Scores Collection contains twenty-six musical scores for Julia Donaldson's original songs, including fun-filled action rhymes, Aesop's fables, and songs based on her best-loved picture books with Axel Scheffler.
This beautifully-produced score book is illustrated throughout with Axel Scheffler's warm and witty artwork, and comes with audio accessed via a QR code to accompany your own playing, or to enjoy all of the songs performed by Julia herself.
Perfect for children who are learning to play piano or guitar, and for parents or teachers who want to share these much-loved favourite songs.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035049462
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Multiple-component retail product
Date Published: 04 September 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 6.0mm
Width: 217.0mm
Height: 271.0mm
Weight: 370g
Pages: 80
About the Author
Julia Donaldson is the author of some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 27.5 million copies worldwide, and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures. Julia also writes fiction, including the Princess Mirror-Belle books illustrated by Lydia Monks, as well as poems, plays and songs - and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was Children's Laureate 2011-13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between West Sussex and Edinburgh. Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator whose instantly recognizable, warm and witty illustrations have achieved worldwide acclaim and numerous awards. In addition to his picture books, Axel is the illustrator of wonderful novelty and gift books for Macmillan, such as the bestselling The Bedtime Bear, The Tickle Book and Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes. He also illustrates the popular Pip and Posy series and was the winner of the Illustrator of the Year award at the British Book Awards in 2018. Born in Hamburg, Axel now lives with his family in London.
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