The Gruffalos Child, Julia Donaldson
The Gruffalos Child, Julia Donaldson
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The Gruffalo's Child
Includes a song and read-along track

Author: Julia Donaldson

Narrator: Imelda Staunton

Unabridged: 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/2020


Synopsis

Julia Donaldson's trademark rhyming text and Axel Scheffler's brilliant, characterful illustrations create this funny and adorable sequel to The Gruffalo.

One night, the Gruffalo’s child wanders into the woods to search for the Big Bad Mouse. But instead, she comes upon a small mouse in the woods . . . and decides to eat him! But wait, what is that? A shadow of a very large, scary creature falls on the ground. Could it be the Big Bad Mouse after all?

About The Author

Julia Donaldson is the internationally bestselling author of many popular books for children. Her Smarties Prize-winning modern classic, The Gruffalo, has sold more than 13.5 million copies worldwide, and the Halloween favorite Room on the Broom is a perennial best seller. In addition to children's books, she has written many children's plays and songs and runs regular storytelling workshops. She was the Waterstones Children's Laureate from 2011-2013.Axel Scheffler is an award-winning, internationally-acclaimed illustrator of some of the most well-loved children’s books, including Julia Donaldson’s best-selling modern classic The Gruffalo, which has sold millions of copies worldwide. He lives in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim on May 30, 2022

It's rare to see a children's picture book that receives a sequel with continuity. In fact, I would go so far as to say that if one hasn't read The Gruffalo, one would not get anywhere near as much out of this one. So, congratulations to the creators as that is fairly unique. I also give points as (......more

Goodreads review by Sophia on March 08, 2017

This is another great book of the series my children absolutely loved. There is the little gruffalo this time who discovers how scary the little mouse is. Her father warned her about the Big Bad Mouse, but she still went to the forest to see how the mouse looks like. Obviously the mouse was neither......more

Goodreads review by Ken on June 29, 2020

A highly enjoyable sequel to the massively popular The Gruffalo. The Gruffalo is trying to explain to his child why she shouldn't enter into the deep dark works, unfortunately he can't quite recall what the big bad mouse looked like from his previous adventure. This inevitably peaked this childs curio......more

Goodreads review by Veronica ⭐️ on February 29, 2020

*[URL not allowed] Children have always enjoyed tales of dark, scary creatures and the Gruffalo’s child is no exception. The Gruffalo tells his daughter she should never go out in the deep dark wood or the Big Bad Mouse will be after her. The Gruffalo’s child decides to find thi......more

Goodreads review by Anahita on May 08, 2018

"The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep dark wood" :D this is amazing =)) I even love it more than the first one. sometimes I doubt who am I reading this books for? the kids or myself LOL......more