Julia Donaldson and Friends: The Amazing World of Julia Donaldson

Age 3-6

  • Sun 20 Aug 10:00 - 11:00
  • Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court
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Julia Donaldson and Friends: The Amazing World of Julia Donaldson

Join the UK’s bestselling author, Julia Donaldson, for a fun-packed hour of rip-roaring songs, storytelling, and much much more. Julia Donaldson presents stories from old favourites like The Gruffalo to newer hits and is joined by some special friends, including the fabulously talented Catherine Rayner, illustrator of the The Bowerbird and The Go-Away Bird.

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