Monkey Puzzle, Board Book, By: Julia Donaldson

This wonderful picture book with brilliant rhyming text coupled with stunning illustrations will have you and your toddler laughing and laughing and laughing time and time again as you read and reread it because your child wants you to reread it again. Julia EccleshareA wonderful story which is so pertinent to young children MumsnetAs ever Julia Donaldson delivers a pacy story which is entertaining and informative with a great twist at the end. Toppsta About the Author: Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures. Julia also writes fiction including the Princess Mirror-Belle books illustrated by Lydia Monks as well as poems plays and songs and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was the UK Childrens Laureate 2011-13 and has been honoured with an MBE for Services to Literature. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between West Sussex and Edinburgh. Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator whose instantly recognizable warm and witty illustrations have achieved worldwide acclaim and numerous awards. Axel is the illustrator of wonderful novelty gift and poetry books for Macmillan such as Fish Who Dream of Trees (Two Hoots) and the bestselling The Bedtime Bear The Tickle Book and Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes and of course he is the illustrator of some of the world's best-loved picture books including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide. Axels artwork is exhibited internationally; he has illustrated for many charities and designed the Royal Mail Christmas stamps in 2012. Born in Hamburg Axel now lives with his family in London.