- Animals, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Stories in rhyme
The Gruffalo is a British children's picture book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, that tells the story of a mouse, the protagonist of the book, taking a walk in the woods.
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- Author
- Julia Donaldson
- First published
- August 11, 2000
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- B W PUBLISHING, Beltz, Beltz GmbH, Julius
- Editions
- 99
- Language
- cat, Dutch, tur, gle
- ISBN
- 9781845025038
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“A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood.”
Julia Donaldson CBE (born Julia Catherine Shields; born 16 September 1948) is an English writer and playwright, and the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate. She is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She originally wrote songs for children's television but has concentrated on writing books since the words of one of her songs, "A Squash and a Squeeze", were made into a children's book in 1993. Of her 184 published works, 64 are widely available in bookshops. The remaining 120 are intended for school use and include her Songbirds phonic reading scheme, which is part of th
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