The Baddies: a wickedly funny picture book from the creators of The Gruffalo

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You have to understand that when I see a new Julia Donaldson picture book, I'm am fully prepared to be blown away by her story. I was intrigued to see that the Ghost was very much drawn in the style of Jacob Marley from Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. With stunning illustrations from Axel Axel Scheffler and intricate details on every page, this is sure to be another treat for little readers to enjoy.

The Baddies: the wickedly funny picture book from the creators of The The Baddies: the wickedly funny picture book from the creators of

Of course, the little mouse saves the day and rids the woods of our pesky villains, and we all sleep more soundly at night. I liked this book - the rhymes and rhythms were almost consistent - a few areas where the scansion didn't work for me. With Julia Donaldson’s (author of The Gruffalo) trademark quirky humour and rhyming text and Axel Scheffler’s detailed illustrations, there are lots of fun things to spot as you read and reread the text. It's decent enough, with bright illustrations, some good rhymes and a brown skinned girl on the front (instead of the usual pink), but this is a mid-range effort in the Donaldson/Scheffler canon.But the little girl quickly shows them that you don’t have to be big to be brave, and baddies don’t always win. Each individual attempt was met with a surprise act from their neighbor, and the results was complete failure by the baddies. Published just in time for Halloween, I had great hopes for this story featuring a ghost and a witch (and a troll). 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.

The Baddies by Julia Donaldson | WHSmith The Baddies by Julia Donaldson | WHSmith

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 studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married. 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. When reading it to my son, it was hard to make it interesting and it did not captivate him in the way her books usually do. They are always so much fun to read with the little people in my life and the illustrations are always bright, cheerful and fun.

The Baddies by Julia Donaldson | Goodreads The Baddies by Julia Donaldson | Goodreads

The baddies devise different ways to scare her but are unsuccessful as she shows them kindness and understanding. The drawings as ever are full of characterful mischief and children will find much to see in them - a Gruffalo lurking on a page, for example. Julia and Axel are the team that have created picture book favourites such as The Gruffalo, Stick Man, Zog and Highway Rat - all of which have been made into animated films premiering on BBC1 Christmas Day. The brand-new picture book from superstar author and illustrator Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is a riot of slapstick fun and silliness.I’d already created a number of villains – among them the Highway Rat and Wizard Lizard, but never more than one in each book. Your child will giggle their way through this comic tale of three very bad, silly, and completely hopeless storybook characters who dare each other to steal a hanky-chief from a young girl walking through their woods. I think her reactions were genuine and she was just doing what felt natural in the moment--which makes it even funnier to me, that she was thwarting them without even trying! This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published.