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Happy Birthday Bookstart!

Julia Donaldson joins former Children's Laureates Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Rosen to support a nationwide campaign to celebrate 20 years of Bookstart. In 2012, Booktrust are celebrating 20...
Posted 15 February 2012
Happy Birthday Bookstart!

Apply for the Children's Laureate Library Tour

Did you know that Julia will be undertaking a national tour of public libraries in autumn 2012? During her time as Children's Laureate 2011-2013, Julia is making supporting libraries a...
Posted 6 February 2012
Apply for the Children's Laureate Library Tour

National Libraries Day

Libraries across the UK celebrated National Libraries Day this weekend with all kinds of events and festivities. To mark this special day, Julia has written a great new poem about...
Posted 6 February 2012
National Libraries Day

Julia in Ireland

Special guest blogger Liz Canning reports on Julia's Laureate visit to Dublin and Derry - including events with the Irish Children's Laureate, Siobhan Parkinson
Posted 26 January 2012
Julia in Ireland

Singalong Show!

Did you know that Julia Donaldson and friends are coming to Sadler's Wells in London, on 11 and 12 February, with a brand new singalong show? Join in with Julia...
Posted 23 January 2012
Singalong Show!

Storytelling Superstar

Julia Donaldson and Cressida Cowell have teamed up with World Book Day to find the UK's first Storytelling Superstar.
Posted 16 January 2012
Storytelling Superstar

A family treat for Christmas: The Gruffalo's Child

Guest blogger Megan Farr braved the wind and the rain to go along to the press night of Tall Stories’ new production of The Gruffalo’s Child
Posted 15 December 2011
A family treat for Christmas: The Gruffalo's Child

The Gruffalo's Child on TV

Don't miss the brand new film of The Gruffalo's Child showing on BBC1 on Christmas Day. Following the hugely popular animated film of The Gruffalo, which aired on Christmas Day...
Posted 2 December 2011
The Gruffalo's Child on TV

Bookbug launch

Every child in their first year of primary school in Scotland will receive a free copy of Julia's book What the Ladybird Heard as part of Scottish Book Trust's Bookbug...
Posted 23 November 2011
Bookbug launch

The best news I've had all year!

Julia welcomed yesterday's High Court ruling against library closures in Gloucestershire and Somerset with a message of congratulations
Posted 17 November 2011
The best news I've had all year!
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