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The Gruffalo

By: Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler
Narrated by: Imelda Staunton
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Summary

Read by Imelda Staunton, The Gruffalo audiobook edition, complete with a song and read-along track, brings to life the animals that live in the deep, dark wood....

A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood.

A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.

Walk further into the deep dark wood, and discover what happens when a quick-witted mouse comes face to face with an owl, a snake...and a hungry Gruffalo!

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's The Gruffalo is an undisputed modern classic and has become a best-selling phenomenon across the world with over 13.5 million copies sold. This award-winning rhyming story of a mouse and a monster has found its way into the hearts and bedtimes of an entire generation of children and will undoubtedly continue to enchant children for years and years to come.

Perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime - or any time at all!

©2002 Julia Donaldson (P)2002 Macmillan Publishers International Ltd
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"Young readers will love the humor in this preposterous story.... Serve this one for a rollicking good time." (School Library Journal)

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great book

Imelda Staunton is perfect at story telling and singing the gruffalo song..ten out of ten

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perfect bedtime story :)

kids love this at bedtime and the song at the end is a nice way to Finnish ...thumbs up all round

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Best Kids story

My 4 year old daughter loves the Gruffalo & requests it for bedtime to sleep too. Highly recommend for Parents to get.

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Rhyming

I like how she found fitting rhymes for the right times to make the reader .

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gruffalol

my youngest and i love it! music is fab, sets the scene. beautifully read too!

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Awesome storyline

Absolutely loved it. Grandchildren were enthralled. Thank you. Will definitely recommend to family and friends

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A lovely story

I work with a special needs lady and she loves listening to this book

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Fantastic Bed Time Story

Enjoyed the story and narration with my girls. The story was creative and the narration flawless

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Absolutely love this audio book!

It's a bit of a tradition of mines to listen to the gruffalo story every christmas eve, and this one hasn't disappointed me yet!

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the graffalo

great story for children to let their imagination grow or let them listen too before bed

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