Over 20 years since its release, it’s now hard to imagine any child’s bookshelf without the story of The Gruffalo stacked on it. This was the beloved children’s rhyming story that launched Julia Donaldson into the limelight and kicked off her successful career as a children's author. Since then Julia’s imagination has produced a number of other bestsellers such asRoom on the Broom, Zog and Stickman! All equally captivating and memorable, this is partly due to her rhythmic writing style making her stories entertaining and joyful to read.