Tabby McTat
by Julia Donaldson- First published
- 2018
- Publishers
- Scholastic Canada· Limited
- Language
- English
About Julia Donaldson
Growing upI 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. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him).Mary and I were always creating imaginary characters and mimicking real ones, and I used to write shows and choreograph ballets for us. A wind-up gramophone wafted out Chopin waltzes.I studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married. Busking and booksBefore Malcolm and I had our three sons we used to go busking together and I would write special songs for each country; the best one was in Italian about pasta. The busking led to a career in singing and songwriting, mainly for children’s television. I became an expert at writing to order on such subjects as guinea pigs, window-cleaning and horrible smells. “We want a song about throwing crumpled-up wrapping paper into the bin” was a typical request from the BBC. I also continued to write “grown-up” songs and perform them in folk clubs and on the radio, and have recently released two CDs of these songs. One of my television songs, A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE, was made into a book in 1993, with illustrations by the wonderful Axel Scheffler. It was great to hold the book in my hand without it vanishing in the air the way the songs did. This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. Most children love acting and it’s a tremendous way to improve their reading. My real breakthrough was THE GRUFFALO, again illustrated by Axel. We work separately - he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow - but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes.I really enjoy writing verse, even though it can be fiendishly difficult. I used to memorise poems as a child and it means a lot to me when parents tell me their child can recite one of my books.Funnily enough, I find it harder to write not in verse, though I feel I am now getting the hang of it! My novel THE GIANTS AND THE JONESES is going to be made into a film by the same team who made the Harry Potter movies, and I have written three books of stories about the anarchic PRINCESS MIRROR-BELLE who appears from the mirror and disrupts the life of an otherwise ordinary eight-year-old. I have just finished writing a novel for teenagers.When I’m not writing I am often performing, at book festivals and in theatres. I really enjoy getting the children in the audience to help me act out the stories and sing the songs. When Malcolm can take time off from the hospital he and his guitar come too. and it feels as if we’ve come full circle - back to busking....
Books
Further Observations of Lady Whistledown
Julia Quinn
Visualisierungen des Politischen
Julia Austermann
Live Your Bucket List
Julia Goodfellow-Smith
CSEC® English A
Julia Burchell
The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn
Bimbo or not Bimbo Tome 1
Julia Teis
Duck and Penguin Do Not Like Slee
Julia WOOLF
Queen in the Cave
Júlia Sardà
Julia sarda spins an enthralling and evocative tale rich with layers of meaning to be unearthed.
February : Notebook to Write in for All Adults
Strong Julia
Bimbo or not Bimbo Tome 1
Julia Teis
Transcendence at the Table
Julia Hurlow
Beneath the China Boom
Julia Chuang
For nearly four decades, china&;s manufacturing boom has been powered by the labor of 287 million rural migrant workers, who travel seasonally between villages where they farm for subsistence and cities where they work.
Simply Living Well
Julia Watkins
Recipes, diy projects, and inspiration for a beautiful and low-waste life, from the creator of @simply.
Dear Stress I'm BEVERLY Let's Break Up
Julia Julia
JASMINE Is the Best Cat in the World
Julia Julia
El Lamborghini Aventador
Julia Garstecki
Experience what it's like to be behind the wheel of a lamborghini aventador through exciting text, vibrant photography, and labeled images and other graphics.
What the Ladybird Heard Make and Do Book
Julia Donaldson
Young Poland
Julia Griffin
Showcasing the extraordinary achievements of the proponents of polish modernism from the 1890s to 1918, this ground-breaking book brings together pioneering research with beautiful imagery.
WARRIOR NOT WORRIER 2020 Weekly Planner
Julia Mae Designs
Her Vampire's Mask
Julia Ann Ross
Para Sir Phillip com amor – Edicao Luxo
Julia Quinn
Staatsbürgerschaft Im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
Julia Angster
Die staatsburgerschaft ist eine institution des rechts, die tief in der geschichte europas wurzelt.
Der Geschmack unseres Lebens
Julia Fischer
Sentieri, 3rd Edition, Supersite Plus, + WebSAM CODE ONLY
Julia M. Cozzarelli
Billionaire's Mediterranean Proposal
Julia James
his proposal is pure convenience… their desire is anything but!
This Is Play
Julia Luckenbill
Slow down, tune in, and discover the very purposeful play of infants and toddlers.
El quadern de MITA
Julia Rodríguez Martínez
Bridging Cultures
Julia Trops
The Gruffalo and the Gruffalo's Child Board Book Gift Slipcase
Julia Donaldson
The gruffalo and the gruffalo's child board book gift slipcase : board book : pan macmillan : 9781509894444 : 1509894446 : 19 sep 2019 : wander into the deep dark wood with this beautiful special anniversary edition board book slipcase containing the bestselling modern classics, the gruffalo and the gruffalo's child.
Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips
Beautifully written, thought-provoking, intense and cleverly wrought, this is the most extraordinary first novel from a mesmerising new talent.
Dying Well
Rabbi Julia Neuberger
This book explores the care trust concept promoted by central government for improving partnership working between health and social care.
Masculinity, Militarism and the Eighteenth-Century Culture, 1689-1815
Julia Banister
This book investigates the figure of the military man in the long eighteenth century in order to explore how ideas about militarism served as vehicles for conceptualizations of masculinity.
What the Ladybird Heard Next
Julia Donaldson
Once upon a farm lived a ladybird, and these are the things that she saw and heard...
A History of the Adirondacks; Volume 2
Alfred Lee Donaldson
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
ACE
Julia Prendergast
The emerging writers whose stories grace this collection engage in the play of symbolic action and detail, capturing sadness and imperfection through an apprehended fictional world--an abstracted reality.
Radical decadence
Julia Skelly
This pioneering book explores the notion of 'radical decadence' as concept, aesthetic and lived experience, and as an analytical framework for the study of contemporary feminist textile art.
Rethinking Japanese Feminisms
Julia C. Bullock
Rethinking japanese feminisms offers a broad overview of the great diversity of feminist thought and practice in japan from the early twentieth century to the present.
Tabby McTat
Julia Donaldson
The heart-warming picture book from the number one bestselling author and illustrator of the gruffalo, stick man and zog.
Crochet
Julia Jones
Privatrechtstheorie und Wirtschaft Von 1967 Bis 1982
Julia Christine Klix
Die autorin untersucht das wechselspiel zwischen privatrechtstheorie und wirtschaft anhand des wettbewerbsrechts der bonner republik.
Speculation
Julia Pardoe
Nineteenth century collections online: european literature, 1790-1840: the corvey collection includes the full-text of more than 9,500 english, french and german titles.
Suddenly in Love
Julia London
Mia lassiter is thrilled to finally put her artistic skills to use working for her aunt’s interior design shop in her hometown of east beach.
Black-eyed susans
Julia Heaberlin
I am the star of screaming tabloid headlines and campfire ghost stories.
Mapping Cinematic Norths
Julia Dobson
Mapping cinematic norths presents an international range of research and enquiry into the significance, representation and manipulation of depictions of the 'north' in cinema and television.
Forbidden Nights with the Viscount
Julia Justiss
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