The Gruffalo's Child

The Gruffalo warns his child to stay out of the wood, which is haunted by the Big Bad Mouse, a terribly strong, fiery-eyed, fearsome creature. When the Gruffalo’s child disobeys and enters the wood anyway to find the Big Bad Mouse, he’s in for quite an adventure. There’s a reason that this picture book by author Julia Donaldson and her longtime illustrator, Axel Scheffler, has become a classic. Five big mousey stars!

A brave child that sleeps cuddled up to its parent gruffalo, a mouse that outwits said child and doesn't get eaten, a bunch of other animals with weird blase faces, and this one kind of gets over my discomfort with books where characters (try to) eat other characters.

The story’s wintry setting and themes of bravery make it an excellent seasonal read. I really enjoyed this book.

In my opinion this is a great story. The main characters are believable and easy for readers to relate to. For example, the Gruffalos child is fearless in a sense that she wants to challenge her father fear of the mouse. The mouse continues to play an antagonistic role throughout the story. I also enjoy the repetition of rhyming from page to page. The rhyming allows for ease of fluency when reading aloud. Readers will find themselves predicting the next rhyming words with the story. The overall message of this story is that size does not always account for one’s mental and physical strength.

Однієї ночі мале Груффалятко пішло до лісу на пошуки Великої Страшної Мишари. Але натомість воно зустріло в лісі малесеньку мишку і... вирішило її з'їсти! Але чекайте, що це? Не землю впала тінь якоїсь величезної, жахливої почвари, і Груффалятко раптом перелякалося. Невже це справді Велика Страшна Мишара?

Just read The Gruffalo, so of course I had to read about the Gruffalo's child. Just as good, but nice to read in order, Gruffalo first, Child second.

I loved this book because of the illustrations and the rhyming. The rhyming words of this story make it fun to follow along with and easy to read. The author also uses some words that could help to enhance children's vocabularies. The illustrations enhance the story and allow the reader to step right into the environment that the author has created. The message of this story is to listen to your parents, they know what is best!