Her books include Room on the Broom, What the Ladybird Heard and the modern classic The Gruffalo, which has sold over 13.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over seventy languages. She was the UK Children's Laureate 2011-13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. Biography: Julia Donaldson is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of the world's best-loved picture books.Born in Hamburg, Axel now lives with his family in London. He also illustrates the popular Pip and Posy series, published by Nosy Crow. 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. Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator whose instantly recognizable, warm and witty illustrations have achieved worldwide acclaim and numerous awards. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between Sussex and Edinburgh. Julia also writes fiction as well as poems, plays and songs and her brilliant live children's shows are always in demand.

Julia Donaldson is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of the world's best-loved picture books.

The gruffalo and other stories