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Have You Seen the Gruffalo?
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Perfect for preschoolers and young Gruffalo fans, this chunky board book offers an engaging introduction to the world of The Gruffalo and makes a wonderful gift for children familiar with the original picture book.
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See morePeep-through the diecut holes and lift the flaps to discover all your favourite characters in this chunky board book based on bestselling picture book, The Gruffalo.
Peep-through the diecut holes and lift the flaps to discover all your favourite characters in this chunky board book based on bestselling picture book, The Gruffalo.
Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and
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Description
Explore the deep dark wood with Mouse and see if you can spot the Gruffalo in this interactive novelty book, based on the bestselling picture book, The Gruffalo - with peep-holes and flaps to lift on every page, plus a surprise fold-out ending!
Perfect for young Gruffalo fans, Have You Seen the Gruffalo? is a fun peep-inside book featuring all your favourite characters from the deep dark wood. With a simple text based on Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's bestselling picture book, this chunky board book is the perfect introduction for preschoolers to the world of The Gruffalo, and a great gift for fans of the original picture book too.
More Gruffalo novelty books to enjoy: The Gruffalo: A Push, Pull and Slide Book, Gruffalo, Where Are You?: A Felt Flaps Book and It's the Gruffalo! A Finger Puppet Book.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035004607
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Board book
Date Published: 26 October 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
- Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 166.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 259g
Pages: 14
About the Author
Julia Donaldson is the author of some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 27.5 million copies worldwide, and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures. Julia also writes fiction, including the Princess Mirror-Belle books illustrated by Lydia Monks, as well as poems, plays and songs - and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was Children's Laureate 2011-13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between West Sussex and Edinburgh. Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator whose instantly recognisable, warm and witty illustrations have achieved worldwide acclaim and numerous awards. In addition to his picture books, Axel is the illustrator of wonderful novelty and gift books for Macmillan, such as the bestselling The Bedtime Bear, The Tickle Book and Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes. He also illustrates the popular Pip and Posy series. Born in Hamburg, Axel now lives with his family in London.
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