The Gruffalo's Child

Summary of The Gruffalo's Child

‘I only just escaped from him!’
‘Oh, what does he look like? Tell me, Dad.’
‘You're asking me something there,’ said Gruffalo-pa.
He scratched his head and thought for a moment.

‘Uh… terribly strong and quite hairy,
with a long, swishy, scaly tail.
His fiery eyes are menacing and angry
and his whiskers are as hard as iron wire.’

The Gruffalo from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's famous picture book turns out to have a child, and what a child! This lovely picture book, The Gruffalo's Child, is all about that.

The small version of the terrible monster is not scared by her father, who tells terrifying stories about the Big Bad Mouse that lives in the forest. Instead, the little Gruffalo goes exploring herself.

The Gruffalo's Child - Julia Donaldson

In this hilarious rhyming picture book, history repeats itself: despite her courage, the Gruffalo's child also succumbs to the clever mouse.

• Picture book from 4 years old
• Group 1, Group 2
• Suspense and adventure
• Known from the Gruffalo book series

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