The only difficult bit is the fact that the images contain text such as a leaflet or news paper article so it had to be explained that it wasn't part of the story.

She was the UK Children’s Laureate 2011–13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. The show features a dragon puppet who roars loudly and quite a big crocodile puppet, but these are both friendly characters.Charlie Cook is reading a book about a pirate captain, who is reading a book about Goldilocks, who is reading about a knight, who is reading about a frog. Charlie Cook's Favourite Book is both entertaining and original - a sure-fire winner from the unparalleled picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. There will be up to 70 people watching the show (sometimes more if you come when there are school groups). There are eleven different books in this story, and my first idea was to have eleven different illustrators – one for each book-within-a-book! Axel Scheffler has achieved worldwide acclaim for his humorous illustrations, which are published in over 30 countries.

Her other books include The Hospital Dog illustrated by Sara Ogilvie, The Christmas Pine illustrated by Victoria Sandøy and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures illustrated by Lydia Monks.They will provide a linguistic and artistic interpretation of the show for people who are D/deaf or for whom BSL is their preferred language. I wanted all the books to look very different - in different styles - but in the end there wasn't enough time to work that out (may be I would have failed anyway).

Further books illustrated by Axel include Room on the Broom, Stick Man, Zog and The Smeds and the Smoos – all of which have been made into much-loved animated films by Magic Light Pictures.

A show aimed at two-year olds would have some differences – those shows are carefully made to hold their attention for the duration, and not to be unsettling for them. There is nothing really scary in these shows but they can be a bit more dramatic than those for the youngest children, including in their use of sound and lighting, and characters may face some perils. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This edition features the classic story with a stunning, redesigned cover and beautiful finish, making it a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Donaldson and Scheffler fans - big and small! You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.