Axel Scheffler (Illustrator)
Axel is best known for his partnership with Julia Donaldson, on books including Room on the Broom and The Gruffalo. For Nosy Crow, Axel has illustrated a number of other highly successful titles, including the Pip and Posy series, The Grunts and the bestselling Flip Flap series. Axel lives in London with his partner and young daughter.
Axel Scheffler (Illustrator)
Axel is best known for his partnership with Julia Donaldson, on books including Room on the Broom and The Gruffalo. For Nosy Crow, Axel has illustrated a number of other highly successful titles, including the Pip and Posy series, The Grunts and the bestselling Flip Flap series. Axel lives in London with his partner and young daughter.
Axel was born in Hamburg, Germany. At school he was good at art,
but didn't think of a career in illustration until he won a cuddly
purple cow in a drawing competition.
He moved to England in 1982 to learn English and study illustration
at the Bath Academy of Art and then set up home in London. Axel
illustrated a number of books for various publishers, and in 1993
Kate Wilson suggested him as the illustrator for Julia Donaldson's
first picture book text, A Squash and a Squeeze. This was the start
of a hugely successful partnership: their bestselling modern
classic, The Gruffalo, has sold over three-and-a-half million
copies worldwide, and the TV animation was broadcast on Christmas
day 2009.
Axel has illustrated a number of other highly successful books,
including Muddle Farm, and his books have been translated into 42
languages.
Axel lives in London with his partner and young daughter.
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