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Julia Donaldson Books

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Stick Man by Julia Donaldson Gift Edition Board Book

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The runaway bestseller, now available as a sturdy board book. "Stick Man lives in the family tree With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children...

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Read with Oxford: Stage 1

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With a focus on building phonics skills, this collection includes twelve fun stories with colourful illustrations. It is ideal for children who are...

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Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox by Julia Donaldson

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Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox is a magical story from the stellar picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators ...

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The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson

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How I long to sail! said the tiny snail. The Snail and the Whale is a delightful tale of adventure and friendship by the unparalleled picture book ...

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A Squash and a Squeeze: A Push, Pull and Slide Book by Julia Donaldson

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Push, pull and slide the moving mechanisms to bring the story to life in this brilliant board book based on the classic picture book A Squash and a...

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Badger's Band by Julia Donaldson

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Lift the flaps and join in the fun with Badger's Band, a new story in the bestselling Tales from Acorn Wood preschool series by Julia Donaldson and...

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The Troll by Julia Donaldson

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A laugh-out-loud pirate adventure from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts. The Troll longs for a juicy goa...

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The Teeny Weeny Genie by Julia Donaldson

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A brilliantly entertaining 'be-careful-what-you-wish-for' tale that's full of farmyard fun - from the bestselling Julia Donaldson and illustrated b...

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The Ugly Five (Gift Edition BB) by Julia Donaldson

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The funny and joyful picture book from the number one bestselling author and illustrator of The Gruffalo, Stick Man and Zog. ...

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Tiddler Gift-ed by Julia Donaldson

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The funny and fabulous rhyming picture book from the number one bestselling author and illustrator of The Gruffalo, Stick Man and ...

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Zog by Julia Donaldson

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Zog is the keenest dragon in school. He's also the most accident-prone. Luckily, a mysterious little girl always comes by and ...

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Superworm Finger Puppet Book - the wriggliest, squiggliest superhero ever! by Julia Donaldson

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Meet Superworm - the wriggliest, squiggliest superhero in the world! Put Superworm through his paces in this gorgeously interactiv...

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Let's Find Zog by Julia Donaldson

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Julia Donaldson's favourite characters are now in gorgeous board books with lovely soft felt flaps for toddlers to lift and find f...

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What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside by Julia Donaldson

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With a cast of wonderful sea creatures, including a magical mermaid, and plenty of seaside fun, What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside is a brillia...

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The Hospital Dog by Julia Donaldson

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Written by the brilliant Julia Donaldson and stunningly illustrated by the award-winning Sara Ogilvie, The Hospital Dog is a big-hearted tale about...

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Hide-and-Seek Pig by Julia Donaldson

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Lift the flaps and join in the fun with this bestselling preschool classic, Hide-and-Seek Pig by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of Th...

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The Woolly Bear Caterpillar by Julia Donaldson

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From Julia Donaldson, bestselling author of The Gruffalo, and award-winning illustrator Yuval Zommer, comes a charming minibeast Cinderella story. ...

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The Gruffalo's Child by Julia Donaldson

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The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo shouldEver set foot in the deep dark wood. But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo's child disobeys her father...

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Zog and the Flying Doctors Gift edition board book by Julia Donaldson

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The magical adventurous picture book from the number one bestselling author and illustrator of The Gruffalo, Zog and Stick Man. 'Meet the Flying Do...

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Zog by Julia Donaldson

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The magical and exciting picture book from the number one bestselling author and illustrator of The Gruffalo, Zog and Stick Man. 'Madam Dragon ran ...

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Superworm Gift Edition Board Book by Julia Donaldson

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Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's bestselling picture book, Superworm, is now available in a chunky board-book format with a hardback cover, per...

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Night Monkey, Day Monkey by Julia Donaldson

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Julia Donaldson's beloved rhyming picture book story about two monkeys who are as different as night and day - now with shiny cover foil! Night Mon...

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The Room on the Broom Party Book

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Plan a wonderful, witchy party with The Room on the Broom Party Book, perfect for themed birthday and Halloween parties!Based on the bestselling pi...

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The Girl, the Bear and the Magic Shoes by Julia Donaldson

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A magical adventure about a girl, a bear and some very special shoes from the bestselling creators of What the Ladybird Heard and Sugarlump and the...

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The Highway Rat Sticker Book

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Join in with the Highway Rat's fun in this fabulous sticker activity book based on the bestselling book THE HIGHWAY RAT, by Julia Donalds...

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The Highway Rat Early Reader

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Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's bestselling picture book, THE HIGHWAY RAT, is now available in an appealing read-alone format. 'G...

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Read with Oxford: Stage 2: Julia Donaldson's Songbirds: Singing Dad and Other Stories

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With a focus on building phonics skills, this collection includes seven fun stories with colourful illustrations. It is ideal for children who are ...

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Tyrannosaurus Drip by Julia Donaldson

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A brilliantly funny story all about celebrating difference, from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts - perfec...

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The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson

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Meet a very helpful giant in this funny, big-hearted tale from the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, cre...

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Spinderella board book

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A fantastic football story, perfect for children learning to count, from Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo. Spinderella...

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Spinderella by Julia Donaldson

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A fantastic new picture book all about a football-playing spider, written by Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, with glorious full colour ill...

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Colours, Colours Everywhere by Julia Donaldson

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A stunning book about colours full of gorgeous, breathtaking landscapes, with amazing flaps to lift and holes to peep through. From Julia Donaldson...

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Freddie and the Fairy by Julia Donaldson

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Written by Julia Donaldson, the author of The Gruffalo, and illustrated by Karen George, Freddie and the Fairy is a delightfully witty, rhyming tal...

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The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson

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Meet a very helpful giant in this funny, big-hearted tale from the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, cre...

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Poems to Perform: A Classic Collection by Julia Donaldson

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In Poems to Perform, Julia Donaldson has chosen poems with performance by children in mind, and her notes and ideas on performing them are included...

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The Baddies by Julia Donaldson

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"Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are the Lennon and McCartney of children's publishing" Sunday Times The brand-new picture bo...

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The Smartest Giant in Town: A Push, Pull and Slide Book by Julia Donaldson

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Push, pull and slide the moving mechanisms to bring the story to life in this brilliant board book based on the classic picture book The Smartest G...

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Counting Creatures by Julia Donaldson

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A stunning counting book full of gorgeous baby animals, with amazing flaps to lift and holes to peep through. From Julia Donaldson, bestselling aut...

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My First Gruffalo: The Gruffalo Puppet Book by Julia Donaldson

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Play with the soft, cuddly Gruffalo hand puppet as you read the fun story, based on the bestselling picture book The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson an...

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Who's at the Zoo? A What the Ladybird Heard Book by Julia Donaldson

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Packed full of everyone's favourite zoo animals, and with a large flap to lift on every page, Who's at the Zoo? is perfect for fans of the What the...

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Mole's Spectacles by Julia Donaldson

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Lift the flaps and join in the fun with Mole's Spectacles, a brilliant story in the bestselling Tales from Acorn Wood preschool series by Julia Don...

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Rabbit's Nap by Julia Donaldson

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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 Gru...

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Fox's Socks by Julia Donaldson

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Lift the flaps and join in the fun with this bestselling preschool classic, Fox's Socks by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruf...

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The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson

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How I long to sail! said the tiny snail. The Snail and the Whale is a delightful tale of adventure and friendship by the unparalleled picture book ...

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Who's on the Farm? A What the Ladybird Heard Book by Julia Donaldson

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Packed full of everyone's favourite farm animals, and with a large flap to lift on every page, Who's on the Farm? is perfect for fans of the What t...

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Let's Find Superworm by Julia Donaldson

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Julia Donaldson's favourite characters are now in gorgeous board books with lovely soft felt flaps for toddlers to lift and find fun things.Where h...

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The Smeds and the Smoos BB by Julia Donaldson

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Soar into space with this glorious love story of alien folk, from the number one bestselling author and illustrator of The Gruffalo and Stick Man. ...

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The Rhyming Rabbit by Julia Donaldson

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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...

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Julia Donaldson is one of our top-selling authors. With iconic books like The Gruffalo and Cave Baby, it’s not hard to see why. Her picture books with illustrators like Lydia Monks, Nick Sharrat, and particularly long-time collaborator Axel Scheffler have been bestsellers for over twenty years - and with good reason.

With their wonderful rhymes and delightful stories, Julia Donaldson’s books are a great choice if you want to read aloud with your child. The illustrations are always funny and imaginative and bring the fantastical characters to life. Once you’ve met Zog and The Highway Rat, you’ll never forget them. If you’ve watched the films, or gone to see the stage shows, you must get the books.

At Books2Door, we stock a wide range of Julia Donaldson’s books, essential for any picture book library. We’ve got everything from The Scarecrow’s Wedding to Tyrannosaurus Drip. Our comprehensive selection will ensure that you’ll be able to find the right Julia Donaldson book for your child.

 

The Gruffalo at Books2Door

Picture books

Julia Donaldson’s most famous story is The Gruffalo. A mouse walking through the forest has to evade being eaten by some fearsome predators. To scare them off, he tells each in turn that he’s on his way to eat with his friend, the fearsome Gruffalo. The mouse doesn’t think the Gruffalo exists, or does it? Children across the world love this modern classic. It’s been made into a hit BBC One animated film, a stage play, and a ride at Chessington World of Adventures.

Find The Gruffalo and more in The Julia Donaldson Story Collection. It contains ten of her most famous books, including Room on the Broom, Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book, The Snail and the Whale and The Gruffalo’s Child. Seven of these are collaborations with Axel Scheffler, and there’s one book each with David Roberts, Emily Gravett and Rebecca Cobb.

The Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler 10 Book Collection includes their most recent collaborations. Remarkable stories like Stick Man, The Highway Rat, Superworm, The Smeeds and the Smoos, and Zog and the Flying Doctors feature in this great value pack. There’s no overlap between these two collections, so why not get both?

You can also get The Julia Donaldson Collection across 10 CDs. It features readings of some of her best-loved stories, as well as her album The Gruffalo Song and Other Songs. It’s a perfect accompaniment for car journeys, bedtimes, and many other occasions.

We stock many of her other picture books, either individually or in packs. What the Ladybird Heard, Sugarlump and the Unicorn, and her other collaborations with Lydia Monks are very popular with young readers. There’s Spinderella, the spider with a passion for football. Or how about Night Monkey Day Monkey, which is perfect for toddlers?

There’s Julia Donaldson’s Songbirds for children learning to read, part of the Read with Oxford line. Part of the bestselling reading scheme, these books will take children from phonics right up to becoming confident, independent readers. They’re the perfect accompaniment to the Biff, Chip & Kipper series.

There’s a Julia Donaldson book for every child aged 0-5. It’s not really a case of which one should you choose, but which one first?

Julia Donaldson 10 Book Collection 

About the author

Julia Donaldson was born Julia Shields in 1948 in Hampstead, London. It was a musical household - both of her parents were in the Hampstead Music Club. Her mother sang, and her father played the cello. During her childhood, Donaldson acted at the Old Vic, played the piano, and sang with the Children’s Opera Group. By the age of 19, she was conversant in French, German and Italian. During her studies in the 60s, she lived in Bristol and Paris and met her future husband, Malcolm Donaldson.

After graduating from Bristol University in 1970 with a 2:1 in Drama and French, Donaldson had various jobs throughout the 70s, sometimes simultaneously. Primarily she wrote songs for BBC Children’s Television, for shows such as Play Away, Play School and Watch With Mother. She also worked as an editor for publishers including Michael Joseph and Robert Tyndall. In 1974 she moved to Brighton and performed in the local folk club scene with Malcolm. She devised plays for children, ran a Saturday-morning workshop, and composed two children’s musicals. She worked for Radio Bristol and for two years as a teacher until 1978 - her last full-time employment. Their first son, Hamish, was born in 1978.

Work was slow during the 1980s. Alastair was born in 1981, and the family moved to Bristol in 1983. Donaldson wrote topical songs for the radio, did street theatre and amateur acting, and volunteered in Hamish’s primary school by devising plays for the reading group. Jerry came along in 1987, and they moved near Glasgow in 1989.

Julia Donaldson was commissioned for more songs for BBC programmes in the 1990s. More significantly, she was asked to adapt her 1975 song “A Squash and a Squeeze” as a picture book with illustrator Axel Scheffler. It was published in 1993 and led to Donaldson’s writing career. She published her plays for children from the 80s and wrote extensively for educational publishers.

In 1999 Donaldson and Scheffler published The Gruffalo, which was an overnight success. The duo has since published over 25 books together, some of which have been made into films, plays, and musicals. The Gruffalo was a life-changing success and completely altered the course of Donaldson’s career. She has since won multiple awards, served as children’s laureate, and written many more books for her legion of fans worldwide.

Donaldson has also published CDs, plays, picture books, books for older children and teenagers, poetry books, and educational books. She’s written over 200 books - over half for educational use in schools and at home. Donaldson often performs her work at book festivals and theatres, encouraging children to join in with the storytelling. New books are coming out every year, and Donaldson is as enthusiastic as ever about children’s literacy and the value of a good story. So we’ll hopefully be enjoying her singular creative talent for some time yet.

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