Julia Donaldson Reads The Hospital Dog and Other Stories

Written by Julia Donaldson

Narrated by Julia Donaldson

Join Julia Donaldson and some of her best-loved illustrator friends in this wonderful collection of stories. These 18 stories are read for the first time by Julia Donaldson herself and are perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime or any time at all!

Join in the fun and head out on a moonlit adventure with Cave Baby, help Tyrannosaurus Drip find his way home across the river, save the day with The Hospital Dog and so much more!

This collection includes stories from ten of Julia's illustrator partnerships including: Rebecca Cobb, Anna Currey, Karen George, Emily Gravett, Sara Ogilvie, Catherine Rayner, David Roberts, Nick Sharratt, Joel Stewart and Yuval Zommer.

Read for the first time by Julia Donaldson, these varied and much-loved stories are brought to life in a completely new way, making Julia Donaldson Reads The Detective Dog and Other Stories a must-have audio collection, perfect for listening to together.


This fantastic collection includes eighteen stories:

The Hospital Dog
Tyrannosaurus Drip
The Cook and the King
The Go-Away Bird
The Everywhere Bear
One Ted Falls Out of Bed
The Detective Dog
Jack and the Flumflum Tree
The Flying Bath
Cave Baby
The Paper Dolls
The Troll
Freddie and the Fairy
Wake Up Do, Lydia Lou!
The Magic Paintbrush
What the Jackdaw Saw
The Teeny Weeny Genie
The Woolly Bear Caterpillar

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Release date: Oct 12, 2023
• ISBN: 9781035009022

Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 25 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over one hundred languages. Her other books include Room on the Broom, Stick Man and Zog, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, The Hospital Dog, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures, illustrated by Lydia Monks. Julia also writes fiction, including the Princess Mirror-Belle series, illustrated by Lydia Monks, as well as poems, plays and songs – and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was the UK Children’s Laureate 2011–13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between West Sussex and Edinburgh.