The Ugly Five

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.

Axel Scheffler has had books published in over twenty countries. His books for Macmillan have included “The Bedtime Bear”, the Smarties gold award-winning “The Gruffalo” and, most recently, “Monkey Puzzle”. Born in Hamburg, he now lives in London.