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The Gruffalo

By: Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler
Narrated by: Imelda Staunton
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About this listen

Read by Imelda Staunton, The Gruffalo audiobook edition, complete with a song and read-along track, brings to life the animals that live in the deep, dark wood....

A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood.

A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.

Walk further into the deep dark wood, and discover what happens when a quick-witted mouse comes face to face with an owl, a snake...and a hungry Gruffalo!

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's The Gruffalo is an undisputed modern classic and has become a best-selling phenomenon across the world with over 13.5 million copies sold. This award-winning rhyming story of a mouse and a monster has found its way into the hearts and bedtimes of an entire generation of children and will undoubtedly continue to enchant children for years and years to come.

Perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime - or any time at all!

©2002 Julia Donaldson (P)2002 Macmillan Publishers International Ltd Animals Animals & Nature Classics Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Monsters Poetry & Nursery Rhymes Scary Stories Stories in Verse Funny Heartfelt

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"Young readers will love the humor in this preposterous story.... Serve this one for a rollicking good time." (School Library Journal)
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I'm 33 and I think I got more of a kick out of this than the kids did

Great book

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as title says the little one enjoys not to keen on the reader but each to there own, you get a little song at the end that good, little one enjoys my attempt at dancing to it.

little one enjoys it.

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Kids love this
They play it over and over with sing along songs x

The gruffalo

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My kids love the book, i have read it hundreds of times over the year s and now they enjoy it in the car and when traveling.

Classic, brilliant listen.

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great story for children to let their imagination grow or let them listen too before bed

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