MC05 The Gruffalo (SOLD)

NEW Paperback Picture Book : The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson

Nestle Children's Book Prize (Smarties) - Gold

Blue Peter Award : Best Book to Read Aloud 2000
Experian Big Three award.
Spoken Book Award for Best Children’s Audio

The eponymous character introduced by this British team owes a large debt to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. When Mouse meets Fox in the "deep dark wood," he invents a story about the gruffalo, described very much like Sendak's fearsome quartet of wild things--"He has terrible tusks, and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws." The gullible fox runs away when Mouse tells him that the gruffalo's favorite food is roasted fox. "Silly old Fox!" says Mouse, "Doesn't he know?/ There's no such thing as a gruffalo!"

Owl and Snake follow suit until, with a turn of the page, Mouse runs into the creature he has imagined. Quick-thinking Mouse then tells the monster, "I'm the scariest creature in this deep dark wood./ Just walk behind me and soon you'll see,/ Everyone for miles is afraid of me." Fox, Owl and Snake appear to be terrified of the tiny mouse, but readers can plainly see the real object of their fears. By story's end, the gruffalo flees, and Mouse enjoys his nut lunch in peace.  Ages 4-8

Publisher : Macmillan
List Price : 5.99pounds

Selling Price : RM26.00 

Code : MC05