Axel Schefflers award-winning books include Room on the Broom, The Snail and the Whale, and The Gruffalo. His illustrations have been published in more than 30 countries. He lives in London, England. n nJulia Donaldson served as the UK Childrens Laureate from 2011 to 2013 and has written many bestselling and beloved childrens books, including The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, and Stick Man. She lives in West Sussex in the south of the UK.n