13 Julia Donaldson Stories - Ranked and Reviewed
Am I a metaphor? Julia Donaldson stories are like a nice scent that you come across one day in early parenthood, and you think 'that’s nice'. So then someone follows you around spraying the scent in your face and on your clothes and bed and every room of your house and in your car and everywhere you go, every day, five times a day for the next four years until you can’t smell anything else. We love Julia Donaldson, of course. Don't get me wrong. But as my eldest child is moving on (to the brilliant Roald Dahl), and my youngest is just starting to ride the JD wave, I thought I’d take this opportunity to rank and review, from worst to best, 13 of her stories that have occupied so much of our lives in recent years. 13. The Smartest Giant in Town Putting aside the long-winded and tedious narrative, there are deeper issues with the story that earn this last place on my list. This is a normal town, seemingly populated by giants. But the relationship between the giants and the reg