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The Gruffalo and Other Stories
- Narrated by: Imelda Staunton, Jim Carter, Steven Pacey
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Animals & Nature
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- A
- 02-12-20
Chapters, no description like so many other books
It is all a bit lazy not to put the book titles in the 'Chapters', 4 books split across 8 chapters but no information ! Can you explain why you persist with this issue when everything else is to such a high standard?
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- Stowell1654
- 17-04-21
Not what I expected!
It’s well read but some of the stories that I assumed would be read were actually sung as a song and I downloaded audible to get away from kid’s music that I can’t get out of my head so that wasn’t a pleasant surprise. I’d rather just have the stories.
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- Mr. Craig Powell
- 19-09-21
Not for bed time
The music is too loud and doesn’t really make sense the story also seems rushed
I think this may be due to the fact I’m used to watching the film/programme which is excellent
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- Mrs K.
- 01-02-21
Great for bedtime together
We loved this and have downloaded more. My partner is away, we have this on Alexa, my 7yr old reads along the book in his head and my 4yr old and I look and whisper about the pictures in the book. Lovely time before sleep.
3 people found this helpful
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- Michael
- 07-03-21
Great storytime and singalong
I have 2 boys that love the gruffalo story, we listen to this story every night.
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- Polly
- 15-03-22
Brilliant for young children
We never get tired of these stories. They’re simple enough for young children and pleasant for the whole family. However, I don’t love the voices of the characters, they could be better
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- clive william hunter
- 05-02-22
A big hit for young Gruffalo fans
Our daughter absolutely loves this, my wife and I always have the pleasure of listening to this in the car as she falls asleep to it.
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- Abigail
- 22-01-22
Whiny!
We absolutely love Julia Donaldson so we purchased the audio book for long car journeys but Imelda's voice for the mouse and others is so unbearable and whiny we just couldn't bare to listen to it. She did the great stories no justice. It's a shame they didn't use the same voice/voices as the onscreen Gruffualo.
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- Emmy
- 31-12-21
Great but there's no need for the story addition
This is a great audio book BUT there's really no need for the songs to be added on at the end of every book. also, I agree with other reviewers that there needs to be chapters so you know which book you're reading. its really not that difficult.
voices are perfect (as you'd expect), narration is lovely, and it's a great Audio book but put the songs into a book of their own
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- Anonymous User
- 12-11-21
brilliant
read brilliantly, just how you'd expect Julia Donaldson to, with music and lots of sound effects
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- Stefanie pepperling
- 10-01-22
We love Julia Donaldson
My family loves these stories! Aged 4-12.
Both boys & girls. We listen to them in the car on long drives, and before bed time.
The stories are great & the narration is awesome also!
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- Anonymous User
- 21-01-21
Great Bargain
This was an amazing buy, you get several books that the children love to listen to. I use this for my children in care and they love listening to books as they play. This is a great buy as it contains multiple stories and you can listen to a new one each day.