An excellent follow on from The Gruffalo (The Gruffalo's Child - Julia Donaldson)

Member Name: vickigroth

Product:	The Gruffalo's Child - Julia Donaldson
Date:	06/03/08 (42 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great rhyming text, lovely illustrations

Disadvantages: none

The Gruffalo's Child

This is the sequel to the Gruffalo written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. It is 30 pages long and is published by Macmillan at a price of £5.99.

As a sequel anyone who has read the Gruffalo will pick this up eagerly awaiting to see what happens next. It is also easy to read for people who have never heard of the Gruffalo but would certainly inspire people to go and read it!

This story is set in the deep dark wood again but this time tells the story from the point of view of the Gruffalo, or rather his child. The Gruffalo's chlild doesn't listen to the warnings not to go into the wood because of the 'Big Bad Mouse' so instead he heads off to the wood and what does he find... why a mouse of course. But he doesn't look 'terribly big' and 'terribly bad' or does he... Find out how the mouse gets himself out of this one.

I love this story, just like I love all of Julia Donaldson's stories. She has a clever way with the plots of her stories and this one doesn't come up short either. Its clever and funny and told in her usual rhyming way. It was bought for my son as a special present and he chose it above any toy he could have in the shop, which just goes to show the power of a good story.

Summary: A definite must read for any child.