Books The Gruffalo’s Child – Children’s Story Book Best

The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should
Ever set foot in the deep dark wood.
But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s child disobeys her father’s warnings and ventures out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn’t really exist . . . does he?

The Gruffalo’s Child is a 2011 British short animated film based on the picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. In this delightful sequel to The Gruffalo, the Gruffalo’s child goes into the woods to find the Big Bad Mouse, a creature her father met years ago.

Julia Donaldson’s trademark rhyming text and Axel Scheffler’s brilliant, characterful illustrations combine once more to ensure that the Gruffalo’s Child has followed firmly in her father’s footsteps and that her story is one that children will ask for again, and again . . . and again!