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Last broadcast on Mon, 6 Feb 2012, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
The children's author Julia Donaldson, best known for her creation The Gruffalo and her appointment as Children's Laureate. She chooses some of the texts and poems which have been most influential on her work as a writer for children and brings some of that work to life in song, including her famous "A Squash and A Squeeze." She is accompanied by her partner Malcolm and by Samuel West, who reads some of her choices.
Producer Christine Hall.
Featured in this programme:
William the Globe-Trotter
From William the Showman by Richmal Crompton
Published by Macmillan Children’s Books
Part of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare
Act 5 Scene 1
The French Busking Song by Julia Donaldson
from Period Piece by Gwen Raverat
Published by Faber
Nicholas Nye
from Selected Poems of Walter de la Mare
Published by Faber
The List by Arnold Lobel
from Frog and Toad Together
Published by Mammoth
The Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson
Unpublished
A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson
Published by Macmillan Children’s Books
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Mon 6 Feb 201216:00
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