A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood.
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The Gruffalo
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The Gruffalo is a British children's picture book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, that tells the story of a mouse, the protagonist of the book, taking a walk in the woods. The book has sold over 13 million copies, has won several prizes for children's literature, and has been developed into plays on both the West End and Broadway and even an Oscar nominated animated film.
The Gruffalo was initially published in 1999 in the United Kingdom by Macmillan Children's Books.
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Animals, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Stories in rhyme, Mice, Children’s Picture Books, Children: Kindergarten, Children's fiction, Mice, fiction, Monsters, fiction, Animals, fiction, juvenile literature, Pictorial works, Child and youth fiction, Picture books, Gruffalo (Fictitious character), Tricksters, Monsters, Animales-, Cuentos-, Libros infantiles, Lengua inglesa-, Libros infantiles y juveniles, Lecturas-, Ingelesa-, Haur eta gazteentzako liburuak, Irakurgaiak-Places
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The Gruffalo
2015, Macmillan Children's Books
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The Gruffalo
2014, Macmillan Children's Books
paperback
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- 15th anniversary edition (1)
1447251946 9781447251941
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The Gruffalo
2013, Macmillan Children's Books, Pan Macmillan Childrens
Paperback
in English
- printing (3)
1447260740 9781447260745
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The Gruffalo
2009, Macmillan Children's Books
paperback
in English
- 10th Birthday edition (1)
0330507419 9780330507417
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Die Goorgomgaai
2009, Human & Rousseau
Paperback
in Afrikaans
- Tweede Afrikaanse uitgawe, vierde drulk
0798139536 9780798139533
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The Gruffalo
1999, Macmillan Children's Books
Paperback
in English
- printing (10)
0333710932 9780333710937
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The Gruffalo
1999, Dial Books for Young Readers
Hardcover
in English
- First Edition
0803731094 9780803731097
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""he has terrible tusks and terrible claws, / And terrible teeth in his terrible jaws.""
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First published in 1999 by MacMillan Children's Books.
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