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.

• Fox's Socks
  Fox's Socks 2003
• Tyrannosaurus Drip
  Tyrannosaurus Drip 2007
• Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose
  Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose 2005
• The Rhyming Rabbit

  
  The Rhyming Rabbit 2001
• The Dinosaur's Diary
  The Dinosaur's Diary 2002
• A gold star for Zog
  A gold star for Zog 2010
• Singing Mermaid

  
  Singing Mermaid 2012
• Jack and the Flumflum Tree
  Jack and the Flumflum Tree 2011
• One Ted Falls Out Bed

  
  One Ted Falls Out Bed 2004
• The Giant Jumparee
  The Giant Jumparee 2007
• The Smeds and the Smoos
  The Smeds and the Smoos 2019
• Goat goes to playgroup

  
  Goat goes to playgroup 2012
• The Giants and the Joneses
  The Giants and the Joneses 2005
• The Ugly Five

  
  The Ugly Five 2017
• Rosie's Hat
  Rosie's Hat 2007
• Hippo Has a Hat

  
  Hippo Has a Hat 2007
• Gruffalo / Gruffalo's Child
  Gruffalo / Gruffalo's Child 2001
• The Detective Dog
  The Detective Dog 2016
• The wrong kind of bark
  The wrong kind of bark 2004
• Princess Mirror-Belle and the Magic Shoes

  
  Princess Mirror-Belle and the Magic Shoes 2005
• Bricks for breakfast

  
  Bricks for breakfast 2006
• The Flying Bath

  
  The Flying Bath 2014
• Freddie and the Fairy
  Freddie and the Fairy 2012
• Cave Baby
  Cave Baby 2010