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Doric Gruffalo's Bairn

Doric Gruffalo's Bairn

Children's Books
Pages
32
Published
2016
Language
English

Synopsis

Journey into the deep, dark wood with a little mouse as he searches for nuts. Along the way, he encounters a fox, an owl, and a snake, each eager to make him their next meal. To scare them off, the mouse invents a fearsome creature called a Gruffalo. But what happens when the Gruffalo turns out to be real?

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

WhimsicalLighthearted

Genres

Children's Books

Authors

J
Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson CBE (born Julia Catherine Shields; born 16 September 1948) is an English writer and playwright, and the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate. She is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She originally wrote songs for children's television but has concentrated on writing books since the words of one of her songs, "A Squash and a Squeeze", were made into a c...