ISBN: 9780142403877
Written in catchy, easy-to-read, yet dramatic rhyme, and fantastically illustrated, The Gruffalo tells a story of a little mouse taking a stroll through the woods, where danger lurks around every corner. But Mouse is smart and is not shaken. He invents a Gruffalo, a monster with “terrible tusks and terrible claws, terrible teeth, and terrible jaws” to scare off his foes. And when a real Gruffalo finally appears, mouse very calmly also outwits him! Brilliant!
The Gruffalo was first published in 1999 and is now regarded as a modern classic. It has won many awards, including the Nestlé Smarties Prize and the Blue Peter Award for The Best Book to Read Aloud – and in 2009 was voted the UK’s favourite bedtime story. It has also been translated into over fifty languages!
Five years after the publication of The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child was introduced. It was voted The Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book of the Year Awards in 2005.
You can read more about The Gruffalo on the official website, and you can read my Mini Bio of Julia Donaldson here.
View and listen to a reading of the book:
A more catchy reading perhaps:
Watch the movie trailer of The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child:
Download some Gruffalo fun activities from the original website:
- Gruffalo crumble party pack
- Gruffalo dot-to-dot
- Gruffalo finger puppets
- Gruffalo colouring sheet
- Dress up as the Gruffalo
- Gruffalo birthday card
- Gruffalo Pairs Game
- Gruffalo Features Game
- Gruffalo Crumble
- Gruffalo Invitation
- Gruffalo and Friends Finger Puppets
- Gruffalo Cake Recipe
- The Gruffalo Mask
- The Gruffalo – Mouse Mask
- The Gruffalo’s 15th Anniversary – Word Search
- The Gruffalo 15th Anniversary – Spot the Difference
- The Gruffalo’s 15th Anniversary – Present Hunt
- The Gruffalo’s 15th Anniversary – Dot to Dot
- The Gruffalo’s 15th Anniversary – Colouring Sheet
- The Gruffalo Nature Trail Seeking Shelter
- The Gruffalo Nature Trail Habitats
