Julia Donaldson is an English author and playwright, well known as writer of The Gruffalo and other books for kids, many illustrated by German Axel Scheffler. Of her 157 released works, 56 are widely available in bookshops. The remaining 101 are intended for colledge use and include her Songbirds phonic reading scheme which is part of the Oxford Reading Tree. Her book The Snail and the Whale was called by Gordon Brown as one of his favourites. She originally created songs for children's TV, but has concentrated on composing works since one of her songs, A Squash and a Squeeze was released in 1993. She has also written a number of plays for colledge drama groups.
Julia Donaldson
