Publication history [ edit ] Illustrator Axel Scheffler (left) and Julia Donaldson (right) have collaborated on over 20 best-selling books together. He now regularly requests this story, we sit cuddled up together reading, with my son happily chatting about what is going to happen next. In a 2010 survey by UK charity Booktime, the book came first in a list of children's favourite books.

From an evolutionary perspective, they say that The Gruffalo is about the methods of deception used by prey against their predators, such as when caterpillars inflate themselves to resemble a snake. A collection of twenty-four mini activity, song and rhyme books, based on the bestselling picture books by Julia Donaldso.Rock-a-Bye Rumpus is a delightful collection of sweet and fun action poems for the very young, specially chosen by bestselling author, Julia Donaldson and beautifully illustrated by Sebas. From Julia Donaldson, the bestselling author of The Gruffalo, comes Princess Mirror-Belle and Snow White, the exciting adventures of a princess with a difference.

A gorgeous story about friendship and working together from a star picture-book partnership, the bestselling Julia Donaldson and award-winning Catherine Rayner. Lift the flaps and join in the fun with this bestselling preschool classic, Hide-and-Seek Pig by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. Its a really good book I love it almost as much as he does, every child should have this book in their collection. Established in 1981, Aurora World is a global leader in plush toys and high-quality gift products, and a respected leader in the character and content industry.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This fantastic magical adventure is perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime – or any time at all!

The rhymes are brilliant to keep little readers interested and she enjoyed pointing at mouse in each picture. The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witch.

The 10% of adults who don’t remember reading their first book until they were in secondary school were 20% less likely to read to their child under the age of two. This chunky board book is the perfect introduction for preschoolers to the world of The Gruffalo, and a great gift for fans of the original picture book too. Scheffler showed the text to Macmillan, who were his publisher at the time and subsequently published the book.