"The Gruffalo Paperback – Picture Book, March 2, 2006
by Julia Donaldson (Author)

Julia Donaldson's trademark rhyming text and Axel Scheffler's brilliant, characterful illustrations come together in this perfect read aloud—a perfect gift for any special occasion!

A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark 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 terrible claws, and terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, and knobbly knees and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of its nose. But Mouse has no worry to show. After all, there’s no such thing as a gruffalo. . . .

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0142403873
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0142403877
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 5 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD510L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 2
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