About the Author

Julia Donaldson is the best-selling author of The Gruffalo, The Giants and the Joneses, The Wrong Kind of Bark, Spinderella and Night Monkey, Day Monkey. She lives in Glasgow with her husband and spends a lot of time touring the country doing readings - and singing! Pam Smy's work has appeared in the anthology Magical Tales Of Ireland as well as numerous other compendiums and educational texts. Her best known work is The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Reviews

"A charmer of a story . . . an enchanting picture book, this is genuinely gripping because of the well-crafted story and warm pictures." --Independent

"A modern classic . . ." --Observer on The Gruffalo