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A joyful picture book about friendship and togetherness, from international bestselling illustrator, Axel Scheffler
Would you like to come inside this book? You’re very welcome. In fact, everyone is welcome here, whether you’re big or small, flappy or jumpy, noisy or quiet.
With its simple text and endearing animal characters, Welcome shows how everyone can be a good friend, and how we can all help others to feel welcome.



  • Axel Scheffler’s fabulous, funny animals are the perfect ambassadors to show us all about friendship and togetherness: how to laugh together, play together – and, most importantly, how to make friends again after a quarrel!

  • Axel is much-loved for his characters such as the Gruffalo, Stick Man and Zog


  • A donation from every copy of Welcome sold goes to Three Peas, a charity which supports refugees who have had to flee their homes.


  • Welcome follows Axel’s picture book Kind which has enjoyed huge critical and international success.


  • Welcome has sold into 14 territories

Praise for Kind:

The Times ’Children’s Book of the Week’ on 6th April 2019

‘A treasure trove of wisdom and beauty. . . A beautiful and profound book’ BookTrust

‘An anthology of tips about how to make a kinder world’ The Sunday Times

‘This book is really good … A simple story about what achieving the impossible dream of 360-degree kindness might look like … showcasing some of the best children’s book illustrators in the world’ The Times ’Children’s Book of the Week’

‘This valuable book discusses kindness in all its forms’ Daily Mail

‘Celebrate the importance of kindness. Small acts of kindness can make a real difference’ Angels and Urchins

‘A timely and inspiring new picture book’ Primary Times

‘A beautiful and thoughtful gift that will be treasured for generations’ South Wales Evening Post

‘One of this year’s most celebrated releases’ Telegraph

Product Details

Catalogue number

114 in Setanta SCB September 2025

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9780702328893

Publisher

Alison Green Books

Date published

June 5th, 2025

Other details

  • 32 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Axel Scheffler

Photo of Axel Scheffler

Axel Scheffler was born in 1957 in Hamburg, Germany. At school, although always good at art, he never really considered a career in illustration. But long before he began his professional life, he had won his first drawing prize for an international chocolate company – his prize was a cuddly lilac cow.

Axel went on from school to study History of Art at the University of Hamburg – but he didn’t like the course and decided to leave. Knowing that he wanted to live in another country and learn a second language, he moved to England to study illustration at the Bath Academy of Art.

After graduating with a first class degree, Axel moved to London where he began illustrating for a variety of English and German advertising companies, magazines and newspapers. He took his portfolio to a number of publishers and Faber commissioned him to illustrate The Piemakers by Helen Cresswell and The Bottle Rabbit by Bernard McCabe. In 1989, Walker asked Axel to illustrate a text by Jon Blake, You’re a Hero, Daley B.

A writer called Julia Donaldson was also writing songs for Playdays at this time and her song A Squash and a Squeeze was commissioned to be a picture book. Axel Scheffler was recommended as an illustrator for the text and an award-winning team was created.

Their next book, The Gruffalo, was published in March 1999 and has already become a modern classic, selling more than 2 million copies worldwide and translated into over 20 languages. Axel also continues to illustrate for other authors as well, including Ian Whybrow and David Henry Wilson.

Axel has achieved worldwide acclaim for his humorous illustrations, and his books have been translated into over 29 languages. He has enjoyed particular success in his award-winning picture book collaborations with Julia Donaldson, but is also the best-selling illustrator of novelty books such as The Bedtime Bear. In 2006 he was been called upon to design Gordon Brown’s annual Christmas card!

Still living in London, Axel makes frequent visits to continental Europe. His hobbies include walking, cooking and reading and beadwork.

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