"And the witch went as red as could be." "And leave her as scared as can be." Donaldson says she tries to make every book she works on with Scheffler a bit different from the one that came before.

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler started working together more than 30 years ago, on A Squash and a Squeeze. Donaldson had written the story as a song when she was in her 20s — years later she ...

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, the author-illustrator duo behind the picture book classic 'The Gruffalo' and its sequel 'The Gruffalo’s Child,' will revisit their beloved character in a new ...

Axel admits he had remained coy on the idea of another Gruffalo book, but when Julia sent him the text, decided to pick up his pen once more. Speaking to The Bookseller, he added: "As I have had ...