Julia Donaldson is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of the world's best-loved picture books. She was the UK Children's Laureate 2011-13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. Her books include Room on the Broom, What the Ladybird Heard and the modern classic The Gruffalo, which has sold over 13.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over sixty languages. Julia also writes fiction as well as poems, plays and songs and her brilliant live children's shows are always in demand. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between Sussex and Edinburgh.

Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator whose instantly recognisable, warm and witty illustrations have achieved worldwide acclaim and numerous awards. In addition to his picture books, Axel is the illustrator of wonderful novelty and gift books for Macmillan, such as the bestselling The Bedtime Bear, The Tickle Book and Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes. He also illustrates the popular Pip and Posy series. Born in Hamburg, Axel now lives with his family in London.

Twenty-four recipes from the deep dark wood!

Section - 1: How to Use This Book: Guidelines for Grown-Ups Section - 2: Hints and Tips to Read Together Section - 3: Mouse Toast: mouse-shaped baked eggs Section - 4: Terrible Tusks: fruit skewers Section - 5: Purple Prickle Pancakes: blueberry pancakes Section - 6: Caterpillar Twists: chocolate puff pastry treats Section - 7: Scrambled Snake: herby scrambled eggs Section - 8: Frog Muffins: spinach and cheese muffins Section - 9: Snake's Logpile House: stack-your-own celery snacks Section - 10: Woodland Salad: mixed salad with cherry tomato toadstools Section - 11: Orange Eyes: cheesy quiches Section - 12: Deep Dark Wood Dips with Terrible Teeth Tortillas: do-it-yourself dips with baked wraps Section - 13: Swirly Snails: cheese and pesto bread roll-ups Section - 14: Fox's Sandwiches: fox-shaped open sandwich Section - 15: Toadstool Pizza: cheese and tomato pizzas Section - 16: Turned-Out Toes: mini beef burgers Section - 17: Poisonous Warts: pea and feta frittatas Section - 18: Potato Owls: cheesy baked potatoes Section - 19: Roasted Fox: sweet potato wedges Section - 20: Gruffalo Crumble: apple and cinnamon crumble Section - 21: Mouse's Nut and Date Bars: sticky nut and date slices Section - 22: Berry Jellies: raspberry jellies Section - 23: Knobbly Knees: chocolate cornflake cakes Section - 24: Owl Ice Cream: banana and almond ice cream Section - 25: Gingerbread Mice: crunchy gingerbread biscuits Section - 26: Gruffalo Cake: chocolate celebration cake