The Gruffalo's Child 10th Anniversary Edition - Softcover

Julia Donaldson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447251954 ISBN 13: 9781447251958

Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books, 2014

Synopsis

A new, limited edition of The Gruffalo's Child, one of the world's favourite picture books. Ten years after it was first published, the classic snowy adventure featuring the everyone's favourite characters from the deep dark wood continues to delight children and adults the world over. Created by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, the most successful picture book partnership ever, this sequel to The Gruffalo is a genuine modern classic in its own right. Join in the Gruffalo's Child's birthday celebrations with this new edition, which comes complete with exclusive bonus content, including early never-before-seen drawings from Axel's sketchbook, and a new specially written foreword from Julia herself. Look out for The Gruffalo fifteenth anniversary limited edition!

About this title

About the Author:

Julia Donaldson, the 2011-13 Children's Laureate, is today's most popular picture book author and a multi award-winner. Her books include the modern classic THE GRUFFALO, WHAT THE LADYBIRD HEARD and ONE TED FALLS OUT OF BED. She also writes for older children and has performed her wonderful stage shows all over the world. Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator whose warm and funny illustrations have achieved world-wide acclaim and won numerous awards. In addition to his picture books, Axel is the illustrator of wonderful novelty and gift books, such as the bestselling THE BEDTIME BEAR and MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2–In this sequel to The Gruffalo (Dial, 1999), the wide-eyed daughter of that story's title character decides to find the "Big Bad Mouse" that her father has told her so much about. "His eyes are like pools of terrible fire,/and his terrible whiskers are tougher than wire." With her stick doll tucked under her arm, the youngster enters the deep, dark woods and follows marks in the snow to snake, owl, and fox. When she finally finds a little mouse, she grabs him for a feast, but the clever creature tricks her into running away to the comfort of her sleeping father's arms. The full-color cartoons portray a suitably sympathetic child in the snow-filled woods. While children may appreciate the details (the stick doll, snake tracks in the snow, gruffalo child's cave drawings) in the art, lack of change from picture to picture and in perspective diminish its effectiveness. The plot, rhymes, and art are all slightly weaker than the original tale. Purchase this where the first book is popular.–Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha's Public Library, WI

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1447251954
• ISBN 13: 9781447251958
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Axel Scheffler