The Gruffalo

By Julia Donaldson

Book Overview

OVER 18 MILLION GRUFFALO BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE - From the creators of the #1 bestselling phenomenon Room on the Broom, this delightful picture book about a sly mouse with a big imagination introduces the larger-than-life Gruffalo. The perfect family read-aloud

"Young readers will love the humor in this preposterous story. . . . Serve this one for a rollicking good time." -School Library Journal

Don't miss the first new Gruffalo story in more than twenty years, Gruffalo Granny

"A gruffalo? What's a gruffalo?"
"A gruffalo Why, didn't you know?
He has terrible tusks, and terrible claws,
And terrible teeth in his terrible jaws."

A mouse is taking a stroll through the wood when along comes a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enough to eat, but smart enough to know this, so he invents . . . the gruffalo As Mouse explains, the gruffalo is a creature with knobbly knees and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of its nose. But although his forest foes are scared away, Mouse has nothing to worry about. After all, there's no such thing as a gruffalo . . . right?

Complete with Julia Donaldson's trademark rhyming text and Axel Scheffler's characterful illustrations, The Gruffalo is an instant classic tale that's perfect for reading aloud at bedtime, story time, or any time

Look for more books in the series:

The Gruffalo's Child
Gruffalo Granny

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142403873
• ISBN13: 9780142403877
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Very fun book

Fun illustrations and a funny little story.

My grandson's favorite

I enjoy reading this book as much as my grandsons love listening to it. With catchy rhymes, witty repetition, a clever twist, and stellar illustrations, it really has it all! They have loved it from 12 months to now, two years old. It is one of those books that will be entertaining up to first grade and beyond, I think, but we will see...

Love this clever little mouse

Super adorable read! My son loves reading this one at bed time EVERY NIGHT!

We love this book

My daughter loves this book and could recite it at 3 years old! Fun story!

Kids love this book

This story kids always want to read. This is a picture book that keeps kids listen and watch me reading till the end.

Son loves The Gruffalo

Such a clever and cute story

My daughter can’t get enough of the witty mouse

The book is such a fun read , my toddler keeps asking me to read it again.

Absolutely love this book.

Its well put together. Super entertaining. A family favorite!

One Of The Best!

I read this book to my kindergarten class and they LOVE it! The children act it out, sequence the story through pictures, journal about it and talk about it for months it is one of their favorites and mine too! I love reading it because they get so excited and it is so much fun to read over and over!

The Gruffalo

This is a wonderful and engaging book to have in a classroom library. You can teach various writing and reading concepts such as: inferences, dialogue, patterns, punctuation and rhyme. Kids simply love it and are eager to participate in the reading.

Book full of prediction opportunities: It was Good!

This is a great book for K and 1st graders. The story is written in rhyming fashion and is very thought provoking and it gives lots of chances to guess what happens next. It follows a path and then returns to a ending that make you smile. Kids will love it. Illustrations are well done. Very Imaginative.