Gruffalo Mouse 7 inch, White/Brown

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In fact, if you’ve ever wondered why the Gruffalo looks the way he does, that also has a lot to do with things that just happened to rhyme, like toes and nose, and black and back. I thought the word had to have three syllables, and end in 'o', and would sound fierce with 'gr' at the beginning, so gruffalo came. When the Gruffalo first appears in the story, he takes up a large part of the visual space on the page with strong, contrasting colours. But Gruffalo fans are everywhere: the story has been translated into over 100 languages, including Thai, Russian, Scots and Maori .

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When writing the story, Donaldson did not have an exact vision of what the Gruffalo would look like. Push, pull and slide the moving mechanisms to meet all your favourite characters from the deep dark wood in this brilliant board book based on the bestselling classic picture book, The Gruffalo . Other Gruffalo-themed woodland walks and trails have been established in Great Britain, including those at Kilmardinny Loch in Bearsden, [69] Mount Vernon Park in Glasgow, [70] Ardkinglas in Argyll, [71] Whinlatter Forest Park in Cumbria, [72] and several locations managed by Forestry England.

In the penultimate picture of the Gruffalo, he holds his hand to his neck area which makes him look uncomfortable. An ancient twist on the award-winning story of The Gruffalo , in which a clever little mouse outwits the creatures of the deep dark wood, is the perfect picture book, loved b.

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Created by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, the most successful author/illustrator partnership in picture book publishing, The Gruffalo is a modern classic, and both mouse and monster have become stars of stage and screen as well as story-time favourites. He might have looked quite different; at first, Axel sketched out a monster who was even more frightening than the one we know! He appears menacing with his arms raised in an attack stance, claws extended, and a drooling tongue.

Encountering three predators who all wish to eat him - a fox, an owl and a snake - the plucky mouse has to use his wits to survive.