I volunteer at the Book Bunker library at Westmead Children's Hospital and one of most popular and regular requests is for books by Julia Donaldson. They ask for the Gruffalo of course but some parents and kids who visit our library exclaim with delight as they flip along the shelf saying they have read every one of the books we have. Julia has written over 200 books - we don't have that many but we do have some of her best books such as Tiddler, Room on the Broom, and my own favourites Follow the Swallow and The Magic Paintbrush.
Here is one of the newest books by Julia Donaldson. I don't need more books for my own collection, but I am so tempted to purchase this. This is the fifth book Julia has done with Rebecca Cobb.
One little boy is very excited when he receives an invitation to go and play at his friend Dan's house. But there's just one problem, he doesn't know which house on South Street Dan lives in. Along the way he meets some very interesting neighbours, including a cook, a pirate and ghost. But which door does Dan live behind? A wonderful game of dressing-up awaits. Will he ever be able to find the right house?
Her newest book released on 1st September, 2023 is this one:
A tiny acorn grows ... and grows ... into a mighty oak tree! Children play games around it. All sorts of animals live in it – and under it. And the tree stands strong as a thousand years whirl by.
I am very keen to find her new poetry collection from 2022. Looks like a terrific gift for a new baby or toddler:
A collection of action poems and songs, traditional and new, selected by Julia and ranging from rocking and jogging rhymes for babes in arms and on knees through to fingerplay and playground chants. The book includes some new poems by Julia herself and comes with a CD on which she and her husband Malcolm, plus four of their grandchildren, perform the rhymes and songs.
And, judging by the title, blurb and cover, this new book looks brilliant:
From months of the year, colours, flowers, food and gemstones, Julia has seamlessly grouped together a charming selection of children's names and woven them together in her unmistakable rhyming style.
Set in a magical transforming bookshop, A Book of Names is a love letter to the world of books and young bookworms - illustrated by the award-winning Nila Aye. Readers will enjoy trying to find their own name, and even if it isn't included, there is a special dedicated space for them to add it,
or even better, for Julia to sign!
This one is from 2006 but I am hoping the library I visit each week might have it:
Here is a list of her most recent books:
- Animalphabet Sharon King-Chai
- What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday Lydia Monks
- The Cook and the King David Roberts
- The Smeds and the Smoos Axel Scheffler
- The Hospital Dog Sara Ogilvie
- Cat's Cookbook (Tales from Acorn Wood) Axel Scheffler
- Squirrel's Snowman (Tales from Acorn Wood) Axel Scheffler
- The Baddies Axel Scheffler
- Badger's Band (Tales from Acorn Wood) Axel Scheffler
- Mole's Spectacles (Tales from Acorn Wood)
Here are some other books I have shared on this blog, Just type the title in my sidebar:
In a school library or classroom you could spend a whole term exploring books by Julia Donaldson and then you could branch out and explore other books by some of the famous names who have illustrated her work such as:
And finally if you are lucky enough to have a MUSIC teacher in your school hunt out her
song books - these would be terrific if you are planning a school concert or just as a great resource for class or choir singing.
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