The bestselling author on why children never tire of 'The Gruffalo' - and how watching David Attenborough inspired her latest book
The bestselling author on why children never tire of 'The Gruffalo' - and how watching David Attenborough inspired her latest book. On the one hand, it’s your kid’s favourite bedtime story and they ask you to read it to them all the time. On the other, it’s your kid’s favourite bedtime story and they ask you to read it to them all the time.
Once the book was finished, Donaldson sent the story to her publisher, who, much to her dismay, sat on it for a year. Growing impatient, she decided to send it to Scheffler, the illustrator behind her first book, on a bit of a whim. These days, his image of the hulking, horned and yellow-eyed Gruffalo is familiar to any child. But when Donaldson was dreaming him up, all ideas were welcome.
Scheffler “did a whole lot of sketches”, remembers Donaldson. “He did one where the Gruffalo looked a little too much like a wild boar on all fours, one where he looked a bit too much like an ogre and a bit too human, and another where it was just right.”Its runaway success has made Donaldson and Scheffler the most successful author/illustrator partnership in the world. Entire bookshop sections are dedicated to their growing list of collaborations.
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