Much has been written about dormice in the past few years, but they have always been portrayed as rare animals with specialised food requirements found only in large ancient woodlands. By imagination, a flair for publicity, and help from thousands of volunteers, in the Great Nut Hunt of 1993. Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which together have sold over 25 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over one hundred languages.

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But I noticed three things which appear to be too much even for a retired academic’s scholarly detachment, and a tone of understandable sharpness creeps in. Spikey and the Caterpillar Sausage Cat is an exciting and heart-warming story for children and hedgehog-lovers of all ages. Particularly satisfying, like a short detective story, is the description of how they followed up blind alleys, trying to understand the factors behind the distribution map, until they found a plausible explanation. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The Dormouse makes an appearance in the video game American McGee's Alice, where he and the March Hare are held captive as the Mad Hatter's experimental subjects.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. Both hazel and edible dormice are European species, but the edible dormouse was foolishly released in Britain by Lord Walter Rothschild at Tring in Hertfordshire in 1902.