Julia Donaldson's trademark rhyming text and Axel Scheffler's
brilliant, characterful illustrations come together in this perfect read
aloud--a perfect gift for any special occasion!
A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes
a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enough to
eat but smart enough to know this, so he invents . . . the gruffalo! As
Mouse explains, the gruffalo is a creature with terrible claws, and
terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, and knobbly knees and turned-out
toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of its nose. But Mouse has no
worry to show. After all, there's no such thing as a gruffalo. . . .