The Gruffalo and Other Stories - Julia Donaldson

...bought this box set from The Book People. Previously, his choices have been excellent. Not today. Let's start at the beginning. This is a box set contains five books and a CD with the books being read by Imelda Staunton, Steven Pacey and Jim Carter. The books are big (24cm x 22cm), but thin (32 pages). Each one is written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. • The box is sturdy and illustrated all over. It has a hole in the ...
...outs on the edge so that you can get the books out more easily. The picture is the same as that on the front of the book "The Gruffalo". The name of the box set and the author and illustrator's names are written along the spine. The books: • THE GRUFFALO Described as "a modern classic" by the Observer newspaper this is the story of one mouse's walk through the woods, and the lies he tells in order to not get eaten. The story is told in rhyme ...

Pittypomm 20.03.2008 (21.03.2008) · Read full review
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Review of The Gruffalo and Other Stories - Julia Donaldson

...is,(in my opinion), one of the best buys i have had from "the book people", which is whom i have all of my childrens books from. The book set i will review is "The Gruffalo and other stories". ~~~JULIA DONALDSON AND AXEL SCHEFFLER~~~ I will start by filling in a little background information on the author and illustrater, in case you may not be familiar with them. Julia Donaldson,(from Glasgow), started on her journey by busking with her husband ...
...for children's television. One of the songs that she wrote for television," a squash and a squeeze", was made into a book in 1993, illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Next came her breakthrough book "The Gruffalo", which won three major book awards, the smarties book award, the Blue Peter award for the best book to read aloud and the Experian "big three". The Gruffalo remains the uk's best selling picture book. Since then there have been many more ...

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Review of The Gruffalo and Other Stories - Julia Donaldson