The Bowerbird

Julia Donaldson is one of the UK’s most successful picture book authors, whose titles include the acknowledged modern classic, The Gruffalo, together with Room on the Broom, The Smartest Giant in Town and The Snail and The Whale all illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Julia is also much in demand for her brilliant events for children at schools, libraries and literary festivals.

Award-winning author and illustrator, Catherine Rayner, was born in Harrogate and now lives in Edinburgh. She has a BA Hons in Visual Communication and Illustration from Leeds College of Art and Edinburgh College of Art. Much of her inspiration for her illustration comes from her pets