About the Author | Julia Donaldson, the UK's 2011-2013 Children's Laureate, is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of some of the world's most-loved picture books including The Gruffalo and What the Ladybird Heard. She also writes poems, plays, songs, and fiction for older children and, together with her husband, has performed her wonderful stage shows all over the world. Nick Sharratt is the prize-winning illustrator of many books for children of all ages, most notably the stories of Jacqueline Wilson. His picture book collaborations with Julia Donaldson include Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose, Goat Goes to Playgroup, Hippo has a Hat, One Mole Digging a Hole, and Toddle Waddle. His many bestselling picture and novelty books also include the Lift-the-Flap Fairy Tales series. |