Julia Donaldson

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.

• The Gruffalo

  
  The Gruffalo 2000
• Room on the Broom
  Room on the Broom 2004
• The Gruffalo's Child
  The Gruffalo's Child 2005
• Monkey Puzzle
  Monkey Puzzle 2008
• The Snail and the Whale
  The Snail and the Whale 2003
• A squash and a squeeze
  A squash and a squeeze 1993
• The spiffiest giant in town
  The spiffiest giant in town 2003
• Stick Man
  Stick Man 2009
• What the Ladybird Heard
  What the Ladybird Heard 2010
• Charlie Cook's favourite book
  Charlie Cook's favourite book 2006
• Superworm
  Superworm
• Sharing a Shell

  
  Sharing a Shell 2006
• The Highway Rat
  The Highway Rat
• The Princess and the Wizard
  The Princess and the Wizard 2006
• Spinderella
  Spinderella 2005
• Tiddler
  Tiddler 2007
• Night Monkey, Day Monkey
  Night Monkey, Day Monkey 2002
• Tabby McTat, the musical cat
  Tabby McTat, the musical cat
• One Mole Digging A Hole

  
  One Mole Digging A Hole
• What the Ladybird Heard Next
  What the Ladybird Heard Next
• Sugarlump and the Unicorn

  
  Sugarlump and the Unicorn
• Follow the swallow
  Follow the swallow 2002
• The Scarecrows Wedding
  The Scarecrows Wedding
• The Paper Dolls
  The Paper Dolls