Ms Donaldson first visited Auchterhouse Primary School in the late 1990s. She promised that if The Gruffalo was ever published, she would dedicate it to them - and to this day they are celebrated at the front of every edition.
The Gruffalo writer Julia Donaldson returned to a Scottish primary school as she kick-started the 25th anniversary celebrations of the much-loved pict.
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