Gruffalo Mouse 7 inch, White/Brown

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It utilises alliteration from the very start (such as "deep, dark woods" in the opening line), which gives more emphasis to the descriptions and helps children remember them easier. Some examples include the mouse averting the predators and the unusual descriptions of food, such as "owl ice cream" and "scrambled snake". When the Gruffalo first appears in the story, he takes up a large part of the visual space on the page with strong, contrasting colours. The "Gruffalo song" was released with the audiobook on a musical CD with other songs from Donaldson's books. Grab your wellies and learn all about the natural world around you with this colourful spotter guide.

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An ancient twist on the award-winning story of The Gruffalo , in which a clever little mouse outwits the creatures of the deep dark wood, is the perfect picture book, loved b. Criteria for Children's Literature: Julia Donaldson's The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child as a Study Case".The Gruffalo Jigsaw Book is in a special novelty board book format, including six twelve-piece jigsaw puzzles which every Gruffalo fan will enjoy!

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In an article titled "Humour and the locus of control in 'The Gruffalo'", Betsie van der Westhuizen identifies the following types of humour used in The Gruffalo: "humour with regard to the narrative aspects, humour with regard to the poetic aspects, visual humour and humour and the performing arts".

The first syllable in the name— gruff—is shared with the other children's literary characters of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Created by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, the most successful author/illustrator partnership in picture book publishing, The Gruffalo is a modern classic, and both mouse and monster have become stars of stage and screen as well as story-time favourites. The sound of the word "Gruffalo" is used to emphasise the first time the Gruffalo is seen in the story: the mouse begins saying the sentence "Silly old snake, doesn't he know, there's no such thing as a Gruffal . The rhythm is broken again after the mouse fools the predators and sees the Gruffalo for the first time, saying "Oh, help! Something Under the Bed is Drooling': the Meditation of Fear Through the Rhetoric of Fantasy in Literature for Children".