The Gruffalo
Gruffalo, Book 1
by Julia Donaldson
Should I read this?
Recommended by 1 source and appears in For 4 Year Olds, For 1 Year Olds, and For 3 Year Olds.
When Mouse takes a stroll through the woods, he meets a fox, an owl, and a snake who all want to eat him! So Mouse invents a gruffalo, a monster with "terrible tusks and terrible claws, terrible teeth, and terrible jaws." But will Mouse's frightful description be enough to scare off his foes After all, there's no such thing as a gruffalo . . . is ...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in For 4 Year Olds, For 1 Year Olds, and For 3 Year Olds.
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Simon Smith
“@Misterbodd @Mr_B_W @one_to_read @Mat_at_Brookes @PaulWat5 @LTeacher123 @f33lthesun @GalwayMr @MrEFinch Gruffalo is a great book...it reads aloud so wonderfully and the page reveals are fantastic especially the ...it’s a Gruffalo. The reasons are yours.”
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