Stick Man - Julia Donaldson Reviews

As soon as we received the Gruffulo last year as a present, we have been reading more titles from Julia Donaldson as my daughter has really taken to her rhyming style of writing. We saw Stick Man in the library so we added it to our pile. I think this week it has been the most well read book in our house. Stick Man is yes you ...  Read the complete review

My eldest son has been a fan of The Gruffalo since he went to see it being preformed as a play at our local theatre. I knew that Julia Donaldson had written other books, but I hadn't heard of Stickman until I saw Derek Jacobi reading it as part of the Cbeebies bedtime hour, then I bought it from Waterstones for £5.99, but as part of a 3 for 2 ...  Read the complete review

Stick man is another classic tale from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. It tells of a stick who lives with his family but one day he goes out for a little run and his life take un unfortunate turn for the worse when he gets picked up by a dog. He is then dropped and picked up by a little girl who throws him into the water and swan adds him to ...  Read the complete review

From the creator of the Grufallo comes this charming story all about a stick that is alive. He keeps getting mistaken for a normal stick by animals and humans who use him to play fetch with the dog or whatever, and as he gets further and further away from home he misses his family - will he ever see them again? This is a nice book. My ...  Read the complete review

Having enjoyed several books by Julia Donaldson in the past my sons and I were very excited when they recieved Stick Man as a gift for their third birthday. This book sees the popular author team up with the illustrator Axel Schefler once again, the winning team that created classics such as The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, A Squash and a Squeeze ...  Read the complete review

Stick Man is a lovely heart-warming, humourous book and a perfect bedtime story (it's also not too long - which is a bonus when the wine glass is calling!) We have many of the Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler books in our house, but Stick Man is by far and away our favourite!!! I have a 3 and a 5 year old. The elder, has always loved ...  Read the complete review

I'm a big fan of Julia Donaldson and the wonderful illustrations by Axel Scheffler but whenever a new story is published I'm always a little concerned that the latest may not be up to the standard of the classics such as "The Gruffalo" or "Room on the Broom". Not a bit of it! My husband came home with Stick Man for my 2 ½ ...  Read the complete review

Yet another fabulous book from Julia Donaldson. My one year old daughter was bought this as a present. Although she is too young to understand the story and is just enjoying trying to rip the pages of this book my other half and I when we read it to her discovered that this book could well be our favourite childrens book. It is such a ...  Read the complete review

The Stick Man Julia Donaldson I bought this book for my 5 year old son at a school book fair for £5.99. It is the Hardback edition which has a RRP of 10.99 It is retailing on Amazon for £5.49 new or £4.21 Used. Julia Donaldson alongside illustrator Axel Schiffer is probably most famous for the story of The Gruffallo ...  Read the complete review

My daughters and I have enjoyed many lovely stories by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler so we were very excited to read their latest offering 'Stick Man'. We were not disappointed at all and in fact I think this is their most enjoyable book to date. It has all the ingredients you would expect - a lovely story told through rhyme, a gentle rhythm, ...  Read the complete review

"Stick Man lives in the family tree With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three." Stick Man is the eponymous hero of this newest collaboration from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The book follows our twiggy friend as he leaves the family tree one day to go for a jog. "Stick Man, oh Stick ...  Read the complete review