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. Full color.
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PreS-Gr 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 Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Using a plot line and characters familiar to fans of The Gruffalo, this sequel introduces the appealing Gruffalo's child, a wide-eyed, fuzzy gal with barely budding horns, who goes in search of the mythical Big Bad Mouse. The repetitious tag lines ("Aha! Oho! A trail in the snow!/ Whose is this trail and where does it go?") speed the plot along as the brave Gruffalo's child decides that neither snake nor owl match her father's description of the villain in question. Scheffler's amiable depiction of the baby gruffalo in "the deep dark wood" builds up plenty of empathy for the galumphing youngster, who finally meets the mouse hero of the first Gruffalo tale. From this point on readers' sympathies and understanding of the story's theme may be tugged in more than one direction as the amiable Gruffalo child reveals his monster nature and decides to gobble up the mouse for a midnight treat. Then the clever mouse tricks the baby and sends the frightened Gruffalo child scurrying back to papa, and it's the mouse who follows the footprints ("Aha! Oho!") . They lead him to the cave where the Gruffalo's child, "a bit less brave... [and] a bit less bored," snuggles in the protective arms of her father. Scheffler fills the illustrations with child-friendly images-the mouse's Gruffalo snowman, and the furry female's cave drawings-to make this Gruffalo child seem not very scary at all. Ages 4-up. (Jan.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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The sequel to The Gruffalo is just as stunning visually (if not more so) and the story line is almost as good - except I found the last couple of pages just didn't quite flow as nice as the The Gruffalo. Despite this, still a recommended book for children with some great poetry and lines.
My son got this book for his 4th birthday and it's been a bedtime favourite ever since. In much the same vein as The Gruffalo, this is a sequel that continues the same sort of verse and structure and tells the tail of the Gruffalo's daughter as she goes on an adventure in the Deep Dark Wood to find the Big Bad Mouse. It would probably hold more attraction for children who are familiar with the original story, because the characters are the stars of the previous book.
A great read and a delight to view and observe the illustrations. I found this book very captivating and will ensure anyone would think the same. I extremely enjoyed the creativity the author has captured and and thoroughly enjoyed the story line and projection of words. The book club I am involved in also have great positive feed back for this book.
If you love The Gruffalo then you will love The Gruffalo's Child! The magic of Julia donaldsons rhyming words and alex scheffler's detailed drawings is a winning combination and easily captures the heart and imagination of any small child. My 3 year old LOVES these books!
The Gruffalo was so enjoyable, my 4yr old loved every minute of the story and we have read it several times, soooo happy that we also brought the Gruffalos Child - well worth it !!!! really couldnt have one without the other, so why are you wasting your time - go one press the add to cart button - you wont regret it !!!!
Fun to read -- enjoyed as much (if not more) by the reader as the child listening. Love the rhyme, images, energy and sense of humor. A superb gift for birthdays also. Has even more relevance following The Gruffalo.
The Gruffalo's Child is a favourite at Kindergarten, they now know all the characters and read along with the book. It is good to have the two books in the series and the children know the first book and that continues on.
This book is gripping for 3 year olds. I first learnt of it from one such creature on a long walk. He recited the whole story from memory - with all the animations of voice. The paents must have read it to him 1000's of times to have created such a feat.
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