Look insideJulia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Early Classics Pack x 3
Best-loved classics from Britain’s favourite bedtime story creators. Picture book perfection. The rhymes that made them famous. Julia and Axel are loved all over the world. But once upon a time, they were just starting out. Nobody had heard of them yet. Luckily that didn’t last long, because these rhymes turned them into stars! This pack contains Julia and Axel’s first two classics, A Squash and a Squeeze and The Gruffalo. There’s also the slightly later (but still utterly great) Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book. They’re as essential as jam on your toast. Which will be your favourite book?
- Julia and Axel are Britain’s bestselling picture book team
- This pack brings you three of their earliest classics
- Read-aloud rhymes with wonderfully vivid artwork
- Julia served as Children’s Laureate from 2011-2013
Fun Stuff
Activities
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Charlie Cook colouring
Colour in this picture of Charlie reading his favourite book.
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Gruffalo Birthday Colouring Sheet
Can you colour in this picture of the Gruffalo opening his birthday cards?
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Authors
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Julia Donaldson
Julia Donaldson is one of the UK’s best loved authors, known for brilliant picture books like The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She was also the Children’s Laureate 2011-2013.
Awards
Julia has won many major book prizes, including the Smarties and Blue Peter Awards for The Gruffalo, the Blue Peter and Sheffield Children’s Book Prizes for Room on the Broom, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year for The Gruffalo’s Child and the Red House Award for Super Worm. Julia was also the Children’s Laureate 2011-2013.
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Awards
Axel has won many of the major book prizes, including the Smarties and Bluue Peter Awards for The Gruffalo, the Blue Peter and Sheffield Children’s Book Prizes for Room on the Broom, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year for The Gruffalo’s Child and the Red House Award for Super Worm.
