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Julia Donaldson

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 14

TMDB ID: 592851

IMDb ID: nm1933857

Known for: Writing

Born: September 16, 1948

Age: 77

Place of birth: London, England

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2004 - 2026

Years active: 23

Average TMDB rating: 6.74

Wikidata: Q1711833

Also known as

Julia Catherine Shields

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Biography

Julia Donaldson CBE (born Julia Catherine Shields; born 16 September 1948) is an English 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 University Press's Oxford Reading Tree.

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