Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson

  • Birthday: 1948-09-16
  • Place of birth: London, England
  • Also know as: Julia Catherine Shields

Biography

Julia Donaldson CBE (born Julia Catherine Shields; born 16 September 1948) is an English writer, playwright and performer, 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.

Filmography

Production

Room on the Broom

2012

As Screenplay

The Gruffalo

2009

As Author

The Gruffalo

2004

As Author

Room on the Broom

2012

As Author

Stick Man

2015

As Author

The Highway Rat

2018

As Author

The Gruffalo's Child

2011

As Author

The Gruffalo

2009

As Writer

Zog

2018

As Author

The Gruffalo's Child

2011

As Writer

Superworm

2021

As Book

Tabby McTat

2023

As Author

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