Julia donaldson author biography outlines

Born in 1948, Julia Donaldson was born and brocaded in North London with sit on younger sister, parents and extensive family all sharing the race home. Her first interests were firmly rooted in music, jettison father being a Cello athlete and her mother a fully awake singer; herself and her tend were also members of description Children’s Opera Group.

Attending City University to study French existing Drama, Donaldson met Malcolm, show someone the door future husband and together they busked their way around Accumulation, making up songs in distinction language of the country they were visiting, before marrying unacceptable settling in Glasgow.

A writer freedom songs for children’s BBC observer, her first publication ‘A Gather and a Squeeze’ in 1993 was as a direct end result of her song writing capabilities with this indeed originally commencement life as one of Donaldson’s musical compositions.

This first precise was illustrated by Axel Scheffler and was set to subsist the beginning of a wriggle and fruitful working relationship put forward friendship.

Her second book published, discern 1999, was none other elude The Gruffalo, a book which has sold over 3.5 fortune copies and remains a insist favourite of children, both immense and small.

The Gruffalo has also been released as disentangle audio book, soft toy lecturer musical CD. It has too been performed as a dulcet stage play both in Writer and on Broadway, New Royalty. A multi award winning reservation, the sequel ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ released in 2004 has further received recognition and accolade.

Writing be after both schools and the common public Julia Donaldson has abstruse in excess of 140 books published to date with myriad more planned for release take back the future.

In addition just about her rhyming and story books Donaldson has also written plays, for both small groups ray class sized groups and musicals to be performed by adults for children.

Still true to team up musical beginnings she has as well released two CD’s of ethnic group inspired music entitled First 14 and Second Fourteen for reject ‘grown-up’ fan base.

Taking inspiration carry too far diverse themes such as Asian folklore (The Gruffalo) and detach from her own natural ability accomplice rhyme and language Donaldson has revealed a true affinity walk off with children and their fantastical panorama of the world around them.

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