Julia Donaldson
1948
636 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Julia Donaldson CBE (born Julia Catherine Shields; born 16 September 1948) is an English 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.
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.
Most-read books
The Gruffalo
4.3 · 1999 · 884 want to read
Room on the Broom
4.5 · 2001 · 300 want to read
The Gruffalo's Child
4.9 · 2004 · 162 want to read
Monkey Puzzle
5 · 2000 · 126 want to read
The Snail and the Whale
4.6 · 2001 · 109 want to read
A squash and a squeeze
4.6 · 1993 · 107 want to read
The spiffiest giant in town
4.8 · 2001 · 101 want to read
Stick Man
5 · 2001 · 84 want to read
What the Ladybird Heard
3.6 · 2001 · 69 want to read
Charlie Cook's favourite book
3.7 · 2005 · 58 want to read
Superworm
5 · 2012 · 51 want to read
Sharing a Shell
3.7 · 2004 · 49 want to read
The Highway Rat
4.5 · 2011 · 48 want to read
The Princess and the Wizard
4 · 2001 · 44 want to read
Spinderella
4.8 · 2002 · 39 want to read
Night Monkey, Day Monkey
4 · 2002 · 35 want to read
Tiddler
2007 · 44 want to read
Tabby McTat, the musical cat
4.8 · 2009 · 34 want to read
One Mole Digging A Hole
5 · 2008 · 32 want to read
What the Ladybird Heard Next
5 · 2015 · 29 want to read
Sugarlump and the Unicorn
5 · 2001 · 28 want to read
Follow the swallow
1997 · 30 want to read
The Scarecrows Wedding
1 · 2014 · 30 want to read
The Paper Dolls
5 · 2012 · 24 want to read