Julia Donaldson is one of the UK's most successful children's authors, whose many bestselling titles include the modern classic The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, both illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Among her successful collaborations with Nick Sharratt are Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose and Hippo Has a Hat. Nick Sharratt is one of today's best-loved children's illustrators, with over 100 books to his name and winner of the Nestle Gold Award. In addition to his previous work with Julia Donaldson, he has written and illustrated many successful books for Macmillan including the Lift-the-Flap Fairy Tale series.