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ICONIC CHILDREN’S AUTHOR JULIA DONALDSON ON THE POWER OF STORIES AND INSPIRING READERS YOUNG AND OLD

As one of the UK’s most famous children’s authors, Julia Donaldson is used to being peppered with questions by her young fans. But, she tells HELLO! in an exclusive interview, some of the topics can be very unexpected.

“What I really like about doing events for children is they sometimes ask such quirky questions,” she says. “They’d often say things like: ‘Where do you get your ideas?’ or: ‘How did you get to

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