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The Gruffalo

Includes a song and read-along track

By Julia Donaldson

By Julia Donaldson

By Julia Donaldson
Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

By Julia Donaldson
Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

By Julia Donaldson
Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Read by Imelda Staunton

By Julia Donaldson
Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Read by Imelda Staunton

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Paperback $7.99

Mar 02, 2006 | ISBN 9780142403877 | 3-7 years *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program

Hardcover $17.99

Feb 07, 2005 | ISBN 9780803731097 | 3-7 years

Audiobook Download $6.00

Sep 15, 2020 | 25 Minutes | 3-7 years

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    About The Gruffalo

    Julia Donaldson’s trademark rhyming text and Axel Scheffler’s brilliant, characterful illustrations come together in this perfect read aloud 

    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. . . .

    About The Gruffalo

    Julia Donaldson’s trademark rhyming text and Axel Scheffler’s brilliant, characterful illustrations come together in this perfect read aloud 

    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. . . .

    About The Gruffalo

    Read by Imelda Staunton, this audiobook edition of The Gruffalo–which includes a song and read-along track–brings to life the animals that live in the deep, dark wood….

    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. . . .

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    Room on the Broom Push-Pull-Slide
    Animalphabet
    Room on the Broom Lap Board Book
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    See all books by Julia Donaldson

    About Julia Donaldson

    Julia Donaldson is one of today’s best-loved children’s authors. She was the UK Children’s Laureate 2011–2013 and has written more than 100 books for children, including the international bestsellers The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom. Her books have received numerous awards, including the… More about Julia Donaldson

    About Julia Donaldson

    Julia Donaldson is one of today’s best-loved children’s authors. She was the UK Children’s Laureate 2011–2013 and has written more than 100 books for children, including the international bestsellers The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom. Her books have received numerous awards, including the… More about Julia Donaldson

    About Julia Donaldson

    Julia Donaldson is one of today’s best-loved children’s authors. She was the UK Children’s Laureate 2011–2013 and has written more than 100 books for children, including the international bestsellers The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom. Her books have received numerous awards, including the… More about Julia Donaldson

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Puffin Books
    Mar 02, 2006 | 32 Pages | 8-1/2 x 10-5/8 | 3-7 years | ISBN 9780142403877

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Dial Books
    Feb 07, 2005 | 32 Pages | 8-1/12 x 10-1/2 | 3-7 years | ISBN 9780803731097

    Category: Children’s Books | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $6.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Sep 15, 2020 | 25 Minutes | 3-7 years | ISBN 9780593341285

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