Julia Catherine Donaldson MBE (born 16 September 1948) is a British writer, playwright and performer, 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 Reading Tree.
The crime-busting ladybird saves the day with another cunning plan in the fourth story in the brilliantly funny What the Ladybird Head series with glitter on every page.
The ladybird and her farm animal friends have a clever crime-busting plan in this fantastic farmyard story the second in the What the Ladybird Heard series.
Join everyones favourite crime-busting ladybird on holiday and come face to face with some familiar thieves in the third story in the fantastic What the Ladybird Heard series.
Filled with favourite farmyard animals this fun sticker book based on the bestselling picture book What the Ladybird Heard ispacked full of activities and over 400 stickers!
Sequel to the bestselling ZOG. Meet the Flying Doctors: Princess Pearl Sir Gadabout and of course their trusty air ambulance Zog the dragon. This Early Reader edition contains the complete classic story and pictures in a pocket-book format and with an extra-clear font and layout to support children who are gaining confidence in reading.