There's an Owl in My Towel is a beautiful and engaging book for little ones from Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb, the creators of the bestselling The Paper Dolls and The Everyw... Read more

The ensuing story shows the king learning to take care of his own needs while teaching the squirrelly chef what really needs doing in the kitchen. The book is funny and a sly mini-documentary on getting people to help themselves. After all, we only truly appreciate a reward when we’ve earned it fairly and through our own efforts. A brilliantly funny story all about celebrating difference, from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts – perfect for young dinosaur fans everywhere! As in tales of trying to find a prince for a daughter here the king exhausts the finish cooks in the land. He samples the dishes and none are exactly right. Then he notices a timid fellow in cook’s attire who would love the job but at each turn doesn’t have the confidence or courage to perform even the simplest of tasks.

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My real breakthrough was THE GRUFFALO, again illustrated by Axel. We work separately - he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow - but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes. This wasn't a problem as my six year old knew the story and was keen to asked to keep this book, The Cook And The King, which is a great story to read, the story tells how the King begins his search of finding a cook, but ends up employing Wobbly Bob who s anything but a cook! And what the king fails to realise is he does his own cooking but only once he’s caught his own fish, oh and dug up some potatoes to cut into chips to go with his fish. A very amusing, funny, witty and silly multi talented King indeed. There's a commotion in the classroom as Goat and the other animals spend the day at playgroup. The musical instruments and the dressing up box are lots of fun, but - oh dear! - Goat gets into a mud... Read more One of my television songs, A Squash and a Squeeze, was made into a book in 1993, with illustrations by the wonderful Axel Scheffler. It was great to hold the book in my hand without it vanishing in the air the way the songs did. This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. David Almond introduces his new picture book, A Way to the Stars, a story about perseverance and finding a way to make dreams come true.

From a star picture-book partnership, Julia Donaldson and the award-winning Catherine Rayner comes a gorgeous story about friendship and working together. When a crime needs solving, there’s only one dog for the job! Join Nell the Detective and help solve the mystery of the missing books. I studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married. A laugh-out-loud pirate adventure from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts. In Poems to Perform, Julia Donaldson has chosen poems with performance by children in mind, and her notes and ideas on performing them are included in a special section at the end of the ... Read moreA hairy mammoth takes a cheeky little baby on a thrilling ride through a moonlit landscape populated by a sabre-toothed tiger, a leaping hare, a laughing hyena and even, just maybe, by a big brown ... Read more

Written by Julia Donaldson, the author of The Gruffalo, and illustrated by prize-winning Karen George, Wake Up Do, Lydia Lou! is a gentle and playful bedtime read - full of fun sou... Read more Written in Julia Donaldson's familiar rhyming style, The Cook and the King is a lovely story of a hungry King's search for a new cook. Wobbly Bob is keen to please the King, in his new chef's whites, but afraid of everything. Poor Bob gets the King to name his favourite dish knowing that if he could serve it to the King then the prestigious job would undoubtedly be his. Fresh fish and chips, how hard can it be for Bob to serve this culinary feast? Again and again Bob cries for help, he's scared, terribly scared of just about everything. He's frightened of fishing in case he gets his new apron wet or too scared of worms and ants, that might crawl into his new pants, as he digs for potatoes. What follows is a tale illustrating the benefits of teamwork and the pleasure and success that teamwork can achieve. This is a delightfully funny and repetitive story that will appeal to young children and would be great for encouraging them to join in with story telling. The Cook and the King can't fail to amuse and motivate kids to read and learn. Picture book / Ages 4+ / Reviewed by Sam Phillips, teacher. A fantastic bathtime adventure from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts – perfect for reading together. I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him).

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Discover how the hungry king helps Wobbly Bob face his fears on a cooking adventure across the land and sea. There's harmony in the air when the animals get together to make music and put on a concert with a difference!

My real breakthrough was The Gruffalo, again illustrated by Axel. We work separately – he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow – but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes. but the king is very fussy; he tries all the cooks in the kingdom, but no one is good enough. Then he spots Wobbly Bob. Maybe Bob can whip up his favourite dinner? But how will Bob be able to cook for the king when he’s scared of . . . well, everything?! A brilliantly entertaining 'be-careful-what-you-wish-for' tale that's full of farmyard fun – from the bestselling Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Anna Currey in her charming, classic style. Read more Old folk were kids however, some even had the delight of reading to their children and in later life still the joy of sharing books with grandchildren.

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The illustrator David Roberts really has captured the characters with the very vocal king and Wobbly Bob that they appear to come to life.