Room on the Broom

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The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witch’s hat, bow and wand. The theme of inclusion and the value of forming friendships with those who are different from us is a valuable lesson for young readers. I have written a Room on the Broom song though, which you can listen to on streaming platforms such as Spotify.

Axel Scheffler was recommended as an illustrator for the text and an award-winning team was created. This edition features the captivating classic story with a stunning, redesigned cover and beautiful finish, making it a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Donaldson and Scheffler fans – big and small!The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator whose instantly recognizable, warm and witty illustrations have achieved worldwide acclaim and numerous awards. Axel also continues to illustrate for other authors as well, including Ian Whybrow and David Henry Wilson. How the cat purred and how the witch grinned, As they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind.

But long before he began his professional life, he had won his first drawing prize for an international chocolate company – his prize was a cuddly lilac cow.Their next book, The Gruffalo, was published in March 1999 and has already become a modern classic, selling more than 2 million copies worldwide and translated into over 20 languages. Feel the witch’s black cape, stroke the dog’s soft fur and touch the dragon’s rough scales in this interactive touch and feel book, based on the bestselling picture book, Room on the Broom. Shame that it hasn't been packaged better, I'm not sure if forcing it through the letter box or how it was transported meant that the book was bent.

Julia Donaldson is author of many of today’s best-loved picture books including The Gruffalo and Stick Man. With a simple text, bright colours and touches to explore on every page, the Room on the Broom Touch and Feel Book is perfect for little hands, and is sure to keep preschool children entertained for hours. One of my television songs, A Squash and a Squeeze, was made into a book in 1993, with illustrations by the wonderful Axel Scheffler. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. We work separately – he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow – but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes.

Further books illustrated by Axel include Room on the Broom, Stick Man, Zog and The Smeds and the Smoos – all of which have been made into much-loved animated films by Magic Light Pictures. Axel is the illustrator of wonderful novelty, gift and poetry books for Macmillan, such as Fish Who Dream of Trees (Two Hoots) and the bestselling The Bedtime Bear , The Tickle Book and Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes - and of course, he is the illustrator of some of the world's best-loved picture books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child , which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide. Here is a picture of me acting the witch in our stage show “The Gruffalo, the Witch and the Warthog”. Axel’s artwork is exhibited internationally; he has illustrated for many charities and designed the Royal Mail Christmas stamps in 2012.

This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. After graduating with a first class degree, Axel moved to London where he began illustrating for a variety of English and German advertising companies, magazines and newspapers. I studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married. Room on the Broom" is a delightful children's book that tells the charming and magical story of a kind witch who invites various animals to join her on her broomstick, despite its limited space. Assolutamente da avere, ho iniziato a leggerlo a mia figlia da quando aveva un anno circa e da allora spesso lo rileggiamo ora ne ha 5.

Julia Donaldson is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child , which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide, and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures. The repetition and rhyming text in the book also make it engaging and enjoyable to read aloud, which can be beneficial for young children's language development. More about Julia: “I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Join the witch and all her animal friends in this magical touch and feel book, featuring all your favourite characters from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Room on the Broom.