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Axel Scheffler

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born

Germany

gender

male

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Children's Books

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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 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 b...more

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Books by Axel Scheffler

Average rating: 4.24 · 6,608 ratings · 839 reviews · 104 distinct works

	The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illustrator) 4.39 avg rating — 2,685 ratings — published 1999 — 33 editions	My rating:
	The Little Puddle. Axel Scheffler 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Le Guide Des Chats Du Vieil Opossum by T.S. Eliot, Axel Scheffler (Illustrations), Thomas Hopkinson Eliot 4.04 avg rating — 5,469 ratings — published 1939 — 37 editions	My rating:
	How to Keep a Pet Squirrel by Axel Scheffler, Scheffler 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Pip And Posy: The Super Scooter 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler 4.28 avg rating — 428 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Der Grüffelo by Axel Scheffler, Monika Osberghaus (Übersetzer) 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Pip and Posy: The Big Balloon by Axel Scheffler, Scheffler Axel 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Freddy the Frog Jigsaw Book 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Muddle Farm 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating: