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Axel Scheffler - Illustrator

Axel Scheffler was born in Hamburg, Germany. At school he was good at art, but didn't think of a career in illustration until he won a cuddly purple cow in a drawing competition. He moved to England in 1982 to learn English and study illustration at the Bath Academy of Art and then set up home in London. Axel illustrated a number of books for various publishers, and in 1993 he was suggested as the illustrator for Julia Donaldson's first picture book text, A Squash and a Squeeze. This was the start of a hugely successful partnership: their bestselling modern classic, The Gruffalo, has sold over three-and-a-half million copies worldwide, and the TV animation was broadcast on Christmas day 2009. Axel has illustrated a number of other highly successful books, including Muddle Farm, and his books have been translated into 42 languages. Axel lives in London with his partner and young daughter.

Illustrator's Website: http://www.gruffalo.com/

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Books Illustrated By Axel Scheffler

Christmas Magic Painting

Campbell Books

Board book

Pre-order. 23rd October 2025

£8.09 £8.99

The Gruffalo Pop-Up

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

Pre-order. 16th October 2025

£17.99 £19.99

Stick Man - The Present Hunt

Julia Donaldson

Board book

Pre-order. 9th October 2025

£8.09 £8.99

Jonty Gentoo - The Adventures of a Penguin

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Pre-order. 11th September 2025

£7.19 £7.99

Stick Man and Friends Festive Super Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Pre-order. 11th September 2025

£8.99 £9.99

Room on the Broom Halloween Special

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Pre-order. 11th September 2025

£7.19 £7.99

The Gruffalo and Friends Advent Calendar Book Collection

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

Pre-order. 28th August 2025

£22.50 £25.00

Tales from Acorn Wood: Story Collection

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

Pre-order. 28th August 2025

£15.29 £16.99

Pip and Posy, Where Are You? Go Camping (A Felt Flaps Book)

Pip and Posy

Board book

Pre-order. 14th August 2025

£6.29 £6.99

Zog - Slide and Spin

Julia Donaldson

Board book

Pre-order. 14th August 2025

£7.19 £7.99

The Gruffalo Magic Painting Book

Julia Donaldson

Board book

Pre-order. 19th June 2025

£8.09 £8.99

Welcome

Alison Green

Hardback

Pre-order. 5th June 2025

£11.69 £12.99

Tales From Acorn Wood

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Pre-order. 22nd May 2025

£7.19 £7.99

Farm Magic Painting

Campbell Books

Board book

Pre-order. 8th May 2025

£8.09 £8.99

Stick Man and Friends Outdoor Activity Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Pre-order. 8th May 2025

£8.09 £8.99

All About Stick Man

Julia Donaldson

Board book

Pre-order. 8th May 2025

£7.19 £7.99

Ruby Plants a Radish

Kate Petty

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Egg Hunt

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Ben Plants a Butterfly Garden

Kate Petty and 1 more

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Can You Find Mummy?

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Super Seasons

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

Monkey Puzzle

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

The Present Hunt

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Gruffalo's Child

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Jim's Spectacular Christmas

Emma Thompson and 1 more

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Zog

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Stick Man Finger Puppet Book

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£8.99 £9.99

The Christmas Bear

Ian Whybrow

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Birthday Party

Camilla Reid

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Pip and Posy at Bedtime

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Jonty Gentoo

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

Axel Scheffler's Flip Flap Forest

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Who's Hiding at Halloween?

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Room on the Broom

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Let's Find the Baddies

Julia Donaldson and 1 more

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Baddies

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Happy Birthday, Gruffalo!

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

A Gold Star for Zog

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Not Available

The Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson and 1 more

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Sam Plants a Sunflower

Kate Petty and 1 more

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

On the Farm

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Pip and Posy at the Park

Camilla Reid

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Pip and Posy at the Party

Camilla Reid

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Hello Friends!

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

All About Zog

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Tilly Plants a Tree

William Petty and 1 more

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Gruffalo Big Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£25.20 £28.00

Tabby McTat Says Miaow!

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

The Zog Puppet Book

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Have You Seen the Gruffalo?

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Plentyn Y Gryffalo

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

Not Available

Pip and Posy at Christmas

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Can You Find Santa?

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Axel Scheffler's Nursery Rhymes

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Y Cnafon

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Not Available

The Gruffalo and Friends

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

In Stock

£19.79 £21.99

Let's Find Tabby McTat

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Snail and the Whale Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Zog and Other Stories CD Collection

Julia Donaldson

CD-Audio

In Stock

£14.40 £16.00

The Smeds and the Smoos in Scots

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Pip and Posy at the Seaside

Camilla Reid

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Pip and Posy in the Garden

Camilla Reid

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Who's Hiding on Safari?

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Let's Find Tiddler

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Smartest Giant in Town

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

In Stock

£13.49 £14.99

Charlie Cook's Favourite Book

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

A Squash and a Squeeze

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

In Stock

£13.49 £14.99

The Snail and the Whale

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

In Stock

£13.49 £14.99

Ruby Plants a Radish

Kate Petty and 1 more

Hardback

In Stock

£8.99 £9.99

Bella Beetroot

Martin Auer

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Who's Hiding in the Park?

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

How Are You?

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Happy Bunnies

Frantz Wittkamp

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

A Squash and a Squeeze Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Stick Man

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Wwsh Ar Y Brwsh

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Not Available

It's the Gruffalo!

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

The Baddies Sticker Activity Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Jim's Spectacular Christmas

Emma Thompson

Hardback

In Stock

£13.49 £14.99

Let's Find the Smeds and the Smoos

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Tiddler

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Dog and the Chicken Thief

Chantal de Marolles

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Smeds and the Smoos

Julia Donaldson and 1 more

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

The Pirate Blackbird

Uwe Timm

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Stick Mannie

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Who's Hiding in the Jungle?

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Badger's Band

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

The Friendly Snail

Camilla Reid

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes

Alison Green

Paperback

In Stock

£9.89 £10.99

Bioran

Julia Donaldson

Other

Not Available

All About Cats

Frantz Wittkamp

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Who's Hiding on the Farm?

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Mole's Spectacles

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

A Pocketful of Songs

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

In Stock

£13.49 £14.99

Superworm Finger Puppet Book

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

The Smeds and the Smoos

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Who's on the Broom?

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Zippel The Little Keyhole Ghost

Alex Ruhle

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Y Gryffalo

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

Not Available

Axel Scheffler's Flip Flap Zoo

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Let's Find Superworm

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Katie the Kitten

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Ca Bhfuil Mo Mham?

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Not Available

The Scarecrows' Wedding Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£5.39 £5.99

Y Gryffalo

Gwynne Williams and 1 more

Paperback

Not Available

On The Farm Sticker Activity Book

Campbell Books

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Train Mouse

Uwe Timm

Paperback

Not Available

The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Cat's Cookbook

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Coronavirus and Covid

Elizabeth Jenner and 3 more

Paperback

In Stock

£5.39 £5.99

Lizzy the Lamb

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Tiddler Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Let's Find Zog

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Let's Find Stick Man

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Y Smis A'r Smws

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Not Available

Brig-Ddyn

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Not Available

The Gruffalo Carousel Book

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

In Stock

£13.49 £14.99

My Story Treasury

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

In Stock

£14.39 £15.99

The Ugly Five

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Christmas Poems

Gaby Morgan and 1 more

Paperback

Not Available

The Christmas Tree

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Room on the Broom Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Gobbly Goat

Axel Scheffler

Board book

Not Available

Farmyard Friends

Axel Scheffler

Board book

Not Available

Cuddly Cow

Axel Scheffler

Board book

Not Available

An Garbhán Óg

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Not Available

The Superworm Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Portly Pig

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Gruffalo, Where Are You?

Julia Donaldson

Board book

Not Available

Higgly Hen

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£5.39 £5.99

Monkey Puzzle Make and Do Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Pip the Puppy

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Postman Bear

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Hide-and-Seek Pig

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Rabbit's Nap

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Fox's Socks

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Zog and the Flying Doctors

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£4.49 £4.99

The Gruffalo's Child Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Room on the Broom Party Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Ugly Five Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£5.39 £5.99

The Tabby McTat Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

The Zog Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Pecyn Whybrow

Ian Whybrow and 1 more

Hardback

Not Available

The Highway Rat Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

The Room on the Broom Cookbook

Julia Donaldson

Hardback

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

Hamilton's Hats

Martine Oborne

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Pip and Posy

Camilla Reid and 1 more

Hardback

In Stock

£8.37 £9.30

Stick Man Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

The New Friend

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Smart Girls Forever

Robert Leeson

Paperback

In Stock

£5.39 £5.99

In the Jungle

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Idle Jack

Robert Leeson

Paperback

Not Available

Smart Girls

Robert Leeson

Paperback

Not Available

The Scarecrows' Wedding

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£4.49 £4.99

A Treasury of Songs

Julia Donaldson

Other

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

Sogi A'r Meddygon Awyr

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Not Available

The Bedtime Frog

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Tabby McTat

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Highway Rat

Julia Donaldson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Never Say Moo to a Bull

David Henry Wilson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Superworm

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£4.49 £4.99

The Orkney Gruffalo's Bairn

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Shetland Gruffalo's Bairn

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Thi Dundee Gruffalo's Bairn

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Glasgow Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

The Snowy Day

Axel Scheffler

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

The Horror Handbook

Paul van Loon

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Grunts on the Run

Philip Ardagh

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Scarecrows' Wedding

Julia Donaldson and 1 more

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

The Tickle Book

Ian Whybrow

Board book

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

The Bedtime Bear

Ian Whybrow

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Monkey Puzzle Sticker Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Orkney Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Shetland Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Thi Dundee Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

The Doric Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

The Reiver Rat

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Twm Siôn Bolgi

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

Not Available

Spot and Say

Julia Donaldson

Board book

Not Available

The Grunts in a Jam

Philip Ardagh

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Christmas Poems

Gaby Morgan

Paperback

Not Available

Room on the Broom in Scots

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Grunts All at Sea

Philip Ardagh

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Gruffalo Play

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£8.99 £9.99

The Gruffalo's Wean

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Grunts In Trouble

Philip Ardagh

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Room on the Broom Play

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Room on the Broom Big Book

Julia Donaldson

Paperback

In Stock

£25.20 £28.00