K.J. Yossman Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are Britain’s answer to Dr. Seuss.Ever since publishing “The Gruffalo” — written by Donaldson and illustrated by Scheffler — in 1999, the duo have delighted millions of children with their stories of robber rats, wandering whales and fantastical fish.In 2009, U.K.
production company Magic Light Pictures turned “The Gruffalo,” about a little mouse who ventures into a deep, dark wood, into a 30-minute animated special voiced by James Corden and Helena Bonham Carter.
It turned out to be the first of nine animated adaptations of Donaldson and Scheffler’s works.(Magic Light also manage licensing for the books and films.
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