When a crime needs solving, there’s only one dog for the job! Join Nell the Detective and help solve the mystery of the missing books. Written by the brilliant Julia Donaldson , T he Hospital Dog is a big-hearted tale about a very special, very brave dog. A laugh-out-loud pirate adventure, perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime – or any time at all! Attach the Gruffalo’s ears to the head using a bit of icing. Now the birthday cake is ready to be iced!

It's a Little Baby is a beautiful and engaging lift-the-flap book for little ones from Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb, the creators of the bestselling The Paper Dolls and The ... Read more From Julia Donaldson, bestselling author of The Gruffalo, and award-winning illustrator Yuval Zommer, comes a charming minibeast Cinderella story. Celebrate fifteen years of embracing differences with this shiny special anniversary edition of Tyrannosaurus Drip featuring brand new bonus material. Meet everyone's favourite crime-busting ladybird in this collection of four brilliantly funny stories from the bestselling What the Ladybird Heard series, read by Alexander Armstrong – perfect f... Read more

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A fantastic counting adventure from Julia Donaldson and Anna Currey – perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime or at any time at all!

Bright, bold and accessible, this collection of rhymes and poems for children is perfect for joining in. There... Read more Join Fox, Pig, Rabbit, Bear and all their friends in the Tales From Acorn Wood Little Library, including four early learning books based on the bestselling preschool series by Julia Donal... Read moreBaker, Barbara, ed. (2006). "Julia Donaldson". The Way We Write: Interviews with Award-winning Writers. London: Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-9122-7. It has been adapted into plays and an Oscar-nominated animated film. The book has inspired a range of merchandise, a commemorative coin, a theme park ride in Chessington World of Adventures, and a series of woodland trails. In 2004, The Gruffalo was followed by a sequel— The Gruffalo's Child—also written by Donaldson and illustrated by Scheffler. We were looking for a long-surviving brand that consumers held close to their hearts and looked upon as a part of their family,” said Park Cakes commercial controllerRuth Robson. ”The Gruffalo immediately appeared as a clear leader. Consumers treasure the memories they have with the Gruffalo characters and the story itself. They also associate the Gruffalo with high-quality products and this was the final piece of the jigsaw for Park.” Lift the flaps and join in the fun with Badger's Band, a story in the bestselling Tales from Acorn Wood preschool series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo... Read more What the Ladybird Heard, bestselling picture book from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, has been adapted by author Julia Donaldson into a fun and accessible play script that children will... Read more

And to top it all off, give the Gruffalo a tuft of hair between his horns using chocolate flake sprinkles. Why Not Make A Gruffalo Cake Topper? Written by the brilliant Julia Donaldson and stunningly illustrated by the award-winning Sara Ogilvie, The Hospital Dog is a big-hearted tale about a very special, very brave dog .<... Read more This fantastic magical adventure is perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime – or any time at all! The Rhyming Rabbit loves to make up entertaining poems, inspired by everything he sees, but the other rabbits don’t appreciate his talent for rhyme. Sad and lonely, the Rhyming Rabbit sets off one ... Read more Lift the flaps and join in the fun with this bestselling preschool classic, Rabbit's Nap by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.There's a hullabaloo at the seaside when a toddler takes his friends on a stroll to the end of the pier. There are buzzing bees, bicycle bells and a whole beachful of noisy fun. Even the smallest t... Read more From a star picture-book partnership, Julia Donaldson and the award-winning Catherine Rayner comes a gorgeous story about friendship and working together. A laugh-out-loud pirate adventure from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts. Lay the template on the cake and use a very sharp knife to cut round the template the ice the entire cake with chocolate buttercream. The Gruffalo is set in a forest. Scheffler was inspired by the forests in Hamburg when drawing rough initial sketches for the book. [38] The setting contains a footpath, stream, lake, mushrooms and other wildlife. [42] He depicts the "deep dark wood" with deep green and brown tones and dark outlines. [38] The darkness of the hues add to the feeling of suspense when reading the story. [43] Burke writes that the trees and tree roots are "reminiscent of the Gruffalo itself, it is as if the forest has in part spawned the creature, and they serve in the story to foreshadow what is to come". [26] Throughout the book, the setting doesn't change—the illustrations at the end of the book are a mirror image of the forest at the beginning. [42] Publication history [ edit ] Illustrator Axel Scheffler (left) and Julia Donaldson (right) have collaborated on over 20 best-selling books together.