Who is he?

Axel Scheffler is an award-winning, internationally-acclaimed illustrator of some of the most well-loved children’s books. His books have been published in many languages and his work has been exhibited all around the world. Here is his story so far:

1992

My first book with Julia Donaldson was A Squash and a Squeeze. It was the publisher who brought us together, and started our partnership.

Some character development sketches

The first front cover looked like this

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