The Gruffalo's Child
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By Julia Donaldson, and and, Axel Scheffler
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51 reviews
Join the Gruffalo’s Child for a BIG adventure in this clever rhyming sequel to much-loved modern classic, The Gruffalo, from the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
One wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s Child disobeys her father’s warnings and ventures out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn’t really exist . . . does he?
The Gruffalo’s Child is the number one bestselling, much-loved sequel to the worldwide picture book phenomenon that is The Gruffalo. Julia Donaldson’s trademark rhyming text and Axel Scheffler’s brilliant, characterful illustrations combine once more to ensure that the Gruffalo’s Child has followed firmly in her father’s footsteps and that her story is one that children will ask for again, and again . . . and again!
Also available: The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, The Snail and the Whale, A Squash and a Squeeze, Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book, Monkey Puzzle and The Smartest Giant in Town.
Look out for the brand new Gruffalo picture book coming on 10th September 2026.
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A turn pager, and great read for 5-6 year olds.
I like the gruffalo child because I learnt a lesson that we shouldn’t wander out without my parents
Questionable
My favourite character is the Mouse .
My favourite character is the Mouse .
I would actually rate it 3.5 because it could scare little children, but it was just the shadow
Not sure
I like little mouse. This story is very interesting if you red " the Gruffalo" book first.
I do recommend
It was sort of boring and didn't have an exciting bits in it.
I really liked reading this book.
It’s about a Gruffalo child, looking for the big bad mouse and trying to be brave.
My favourite character is the Gruffalo Child because she goes on a big adventure.
I would recommend this book to my friends.
The book is about a Gruffalo, an imaginary animal and his child. The baby Gruffalo tells everyone about the big bad mouse although it is the mouse's shadow that scares him. My favourite character is the Gruffalo's child because he is really creative and smart. I will recommend it to all my friends and family because this is my favourite book.
Just as good as the first book
I didn't enjoy this book. They could of had different animals in it
I like the way it has a mouse that tricked the Gruffalo that it was the big bad mouse and it scared the Gruffalo away because it was so so so scary.After that the Gruffalo went home as fast as he could. Then he never went back to the forest again
This book is fiction. I like the Gruffalo's child because he gets to see all the animals like the fox, the owl and the snake. I would recommend this to a friend so they can see what the mouse did to the Gruffalo's child!
One of my favourite books. I like the Gruffalo’s Child best
Lovely. The gruffalo,s child was very naughty because he went out to find the bad Mouse.
The Gruffalos child was brave but behaved dangerously. This is because the Gruffalo said he wasn’t allowed to go into the deep dark forest but he did.
I liked the snake the best because I like snakes.
I would recommend this book.
I love Buffalo child.
the gruffalo's child was bord so he went on a adventure
it was like an adventure.
it was fun.
i wanted to explore.
"Love it because I love the Gruffalo so much"
This is nice because my mom likes this a try as well, the Gruffalos child is so cute
it is interesting but not my favourite
My favourite was the snake and the number was number two.
I love reading the gruffalo books. They're the best.
I liked reading all the different characters in different voices. I like the ssssnake the besssssst!
The mouse is my favourite character because he was clever. He tricked the gruffalo's child. He used the moon to make a big bad mouse shadow, which scared gruffalo's child off.
I would recommend this book to everyone. The moral is to listen adults and don't go out by yourself. And even if you small but clever you can win.
I liked Gruffalo’s child the most. It was a good book.
My favourite character is the gruffalo’s child.
