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The bestselling author of the Gruffalo is concerned about the limits coronavirus has placed on the lives of her young fans Julia Donaldson: one of her books sells about every 11 seconds in the UK. Photograph: Antony Sojka/The Guardian Julia Donaldson: one of her books sells about every 11 seconds in the UK. Photograph: Antony Sojka/The Guardian Sat 1 May 2021 01.00 EDT Children are not, says Julia Donaldson with a smile, going to write to her directly about the pandemic. Her assistant has just ...

Once upon a time there was a little girl called Julia who had two ambitions in life. One was to be an actress and the second was to meet Mick Jagger.  She spent several hours in pursuit of the first and many, many weeks attempting the second by standing outside lots of stage doors. Julia Donaldson does now get to act out her own stories to children and adults all over the world, and while she never met Mick, thanks to his many children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren he’s now mor...