Books by Julia Donaldson
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review 1: I am a sucker for a great story, colorful and realistic photos, and a good rhyme! This is a beautiful book. Too many words/too long for my two year old, but perfect for my four year old. Spoiler Alert: Despite being a super worm, Superworm gets trapped by the evil Wizard Liza...
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review 1: his book tells the tale of a highway rat, a baddie, who terrorises his village stealing all the other animals’ food. Nicely illustrated with a rhyming scheme throughout, this book could be used in a multitude of ways in a KS1 classroom. There are PSHE links, as a discussion on st...
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review 1: This is a beautifully illustrated book about the adventures of Stick Man. Stick Man is faced with dangerous encounters as he tries to get home to his family tree. He is used by a dog to play fetch, used as an arm for a snowman and even ends up in a fireplace! This story is filled...
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review 1: This book is aimed at infant children from nursery up to Year 3. Younger children will enjoy being read the rhyming story, joining in when they know the book well enough, particularly with the animal sounds. There is also a ladybird hidden on every page for them to find, somethin...
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review 1: Julia Donaldson - thank you! It's very nice to see a book about a princess that isn't all pink and fluffy! Here, the princess wants to be a doctor, she's brave and decisive, and nurses Zog back to health after he fails in his dragon lessons.Burned wings, hoarse throats, and bashe...
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review 1: The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson is structured as a poem which makes this book very fun to read aloud. It is about a rat who steals others' belongings as he patrols the highway. The illustrator, Axel Scheffler, does an awesome job of making these illustrations bright and big wh...
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review 1: Write a story about one of the other sea creatures -- different points of viewWhat lessons might the fish have at their school? Write a diary entry from the point of view of one of the fish, giving their thoughts about their lessons at school.Look at the use of speech marks withi...
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review 1: "I'm Stickman, I'm Stickman, I'm Stickman! That's me"... Argh!! My son adores this book. He asks for it repeatedly so I'd say it strikes a cord with little ones (we started reading this to him when he was around 20 months) but it drives me up the wall! I don't know why but someth...
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review 1: This is such a clever book. Julia Donaldson has thought of all the dangers of being a stick and puts poor stick man into all of those predicaments. The first time I searched for this book I listened to a guy read it on You Tube and he gave Stick Man a french accent. "I'm Stick Ma...
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review 1: A rhyming brilliantly written picture book of a farm full of animals that in turn make noises according to how each naturally sounds. There is one animal the ladybird that is quiet but it hears and sees what is going on. One day two man with a van come to the farm with a plan to ...
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review 1: She may be a quiet compared to all the other animals on the farm but the Ladybird sees and hears everything that goes on. A good job too, a she is the one who unwittingly hears Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len plotting to steal the farms fine prize cow and it is the Ladybird who speaks u...
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review 1: What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Lydia Monks – Cute, onomatopoeia, suspenseful, creative, innovative, loved it. My son and I especially loved the extra stories that were simply but beautifully told through the illustrations. Discussed many quiet yet beau...
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review 1: This is such a fun book. Zog is a dragon and tries really hard to do well at dragon school. The only problem is that he's a bit accident prone. When learning to fly, he runs into a tree. When learning to breathe fire, he sets his wing alight. Fortunately, each time he hurts ...
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review 1: Tabby McTat works with Fred, a busker. While Tabby's off exploring one day Fred is in an accident and goes to the hospital. Don't worry: Tabby lands on his feet, of course, and he is eventually reunited with his human chum.Well done. Donaldson manages to get us thinking about a f...
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review 1: I had never come across this book until this week despite being a fan of Julia Donaldson's work. I read the book with pre-school children a few times and they loved it. As always illustrated beautifully too but really the writing is the key thing here. The book is essentially a ...
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review 1: This is about a busker's cat. Buskers sing music on the street, usually leaving out a hat or instrument case for tips. I like this book because this is a light-hearted, heartwarming book about a what is sometimes hard and romantic life. It compares the culture of the busker life...
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review 1: From the much-loved duo of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, the voice and vision behind "The Gruffalo" and "Room on the Broom", the story of Tabby McTat is likely to be a firm favourite on any Key Stage 1 bookshelf.'McTat', the story begins, 'was a busker's cat/with a miaow th...
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review 1: This is an absorbing book from the writer of 'The Gruffalo'. It is about an orphan girl (Leo) who goes on the run from her uncle in an attempt to find her grandparents, who she has never met. The story is told from mainly two perspectives (Leo and, schoolboy, Finlay) who's paths ...
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review 1: The Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Rebecca Cobb – Here’s another author I look forward to using for an author story, even have puppets to accompany her book inquiry! There are many lessons embedded in this book, it isn’t just a precious rhyming story! I love that ...
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review 1: Julia Donaldson's Paper Dolls is a wonderful book which explores the imagination of a little girl and her string of paper dolls, made with her Mum. The dolls go on an exciting adventure through the house and eventually end up in the garden. You see them escape the clutches of a t...