Children's Books > Julia Donaldson Children's Books > less than 5 GBP

Advantages: A book that will stay on your book shelf for a few years
Disadvantages: None

...about a little fish called Tiddler that is always late for school. Each time he is late for school he comes up with a tale to say why he is late. Each time the other little fishes call him a liar apart from one fish called Little Johnny Dory. He loves Tiddler's tales and tells his gran each story Tiddler tells him at school. One morning why Tiddler is on his way to school he is thinking up a tale to tell his teacher why he is late for school he does ...
...Luckily for Tiddler the fishermen think he is far too small for them so throw him back in to the sea. The only problem is that he does not know where he is or how he is going to get home. Tiddler is hiding in some seaweed when hear someone telling someone a tale, his tale in actual fact. They are arguing if the tales are true are not. He could not believe his ears. He asks the shoal of anchovies to take him to the shrimp, who had told them the tale. ... Read review

Advantages: An interesing book.
Disadvantages: Not great for large groups or pre-school children

...character’s favourite book, beginning with Charlie Cook’s: ‘Once upon a time there was a boy called Charlie Cook Who curled up in a cosy chair and read his favourite book….’ There is then a double-page spread of a ‘snippet’ of the book which was about a pirate ship and chief… The pirate then finds a treasure chest inside of which is a book… Again a double-page spread of a little of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Baby Bear finds Goldilocks ...
...all of the characters join Charlie Cook in the room where he is sitting on a cosy chair reading his favourite book. ~ Educational Value ~ * Identifying rhyme. * Encourages children's participation and develops memory skills. * Introduces different genres / types of books to children. ~ Illustrations & Format ~ Axel Scheffler has worked alongside Julia Donaldson on a number of books and is a superb illustrator. The drawings are often different ... Read review

Advantages: Rhyming, adjectives, animals
Disadvantages: Swan doesn't get any chocolate mousse

...macaroni and carrots followed by chocolate mousse, but in the realm of children's books anything is possible. Julia Donaldson has in fact created a wonderful book bursting with rhyme, adjectives and the idea of differing personalities in Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose. The title is actually based on a line from one of the pages and the alliteration probably makes it the most obvious one to have been chosen. On each page we meet a different animal, ...
...and five, possibly six, and the Amazon price of £3.49 is excellent value. Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose by Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt Macmillan Children's Books, 2006 Paperback, 24 pages ISBN 140502190X Price £5.99 (£3.59 on Amazon) This is a printed book, not an audio book. ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely illustrations, catchy story
Disadvantages: Maybe a bit too long for a younger child

The Princess and The Wizard - another wonderful book by Julia Donaldson. This is another one of my daughter's faves although perhaps the story is a little bit long for her at the moment but she loves the pictures, especially the glittery ones. It's the story of Princess Eliza, who gets captured & whisked away (on her 7th birthday of all days!) by a wicked wizard who likes turning people to stone. Luckily before she is taken away, her fairy godmother ...
...colour and changing her shape'. The wizard isn't impressed and replies 'changing her colour and changing her shape will never help Princess Eliza escape'. So Princess Eliza gets seven chances to escape and each day she changes herself into something new, such as a blue fish, yellow chick, green grasshopper... But the wizard always finds her and takes her back to his castle to do some horrible work for him. On her final chance to escape, Eliza realises ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely rhyming text, brilliant illustrations
Disadvantages: None

This has to be one of my daughter's favourite books. She's had it since she was about 4 months old, and back then she just liked to sit on my knee and look at the pictures, but now at 18 months she loves to hear the story over and over again, and even knows some of the lines and says them along with me. The rhyming and bouncy text is ideal for babies and toddlers and it is one of the stories that I don't mind reading 10 times a day! The pictures ...
...young baby's attention, even if they are not interested in the story. My daughter loves to point out the crab and the 'blob' and the shells as I am reading to her, and I often find her sat on the floor pretending to read the story to herself and gazing at the beautiful illustrations. I hope that when she gets older she will learn the meaning behind the story too. I cannot praise this book enough. ... Read review