Facebook Live with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler: Wednesday 6 September, 6pm

[RachelMumsnet]

We're going live on Facebook with dream-team author and illustrator Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler next Wednesday at 6pm. Julia will be reading part of their fabulous new picture book The Ugly Five and Axel will be drawing some of the animals that feature in the book. We'd love you and your Dcs to join us and post up questions (in the comment box) for Julia and Axel from your children. Kids are also invited to post up the animals they would like to see Axel sketching. There's some great prizes up for grabs so do join us on Wednesday at 6pm on Mumsnet Facebook.

If you're not able to join us live, please post your questions for Julia and Axel on this thread before 4pm on Wednesday 6 September.

@herewecomeawassailing

As the parent of a deaf child, I really appreciate your including some representation of differences in your books. I'm not a kid, but any chance of Axel sketching any animals with bone conductor hearing aids on headbands (my kids would love it)?

Julia says, I've written two books with a deafness theme: Freddie and the Fairy, and What the Jackdaw Saw. And sometimes Nick Sharratt, another of my illustrators, puts bone conductor aids on children in his pictures.

@Kraggle

My question is do you both get asked for your input when your books are made for tv? Or do you help to decide which books are made into tv programmes?

Have you been happy with the results so far?

We love the Gruffalo and Stick Man and are looking forward to Highway Rat this year!

But I also want to say thank you both for your beautiful books. They are a joy to read and look at and I have loved discovering them with my children.

Julia says: Yes, they do consult us. Yes - we've been happy so far - they've been very good. We're looking forward to the Highway Rat too.

MNHQ - this thread seems to have fallen off the top of the Active list, and isn't on the Webchats board either. Might get a bit more traffic if they were there?

Thanks to all those who submitted questions and comments for Julia and Axel. Catch up on the Facebook Live