Dragons and Fairies with Julia Donaldson (2011 event)
The opening event at the 2011 Edinburgh International Book Festival drew huge crowds of 5-9 year olds and their families to see the inimitable and forever-entertaining newly appointed Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson. A fantastic event featuring her new and recent picture books Freddie and the Fairy, The Highway Rat and Zog which prooved to be a roof-raising start to the 2011 Book Festival.
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