The Gruffalo

My son loves this book and always chooses to read it over and over again. He also likes the animated tv version of the story

My son loves this book it's been a favourite bedtime story since he was about 2 years old

2nd book we read by the author, given as part of a birthday party gift bag and a firm favourite in our house.

My baby likes me doing the different voices for the characters. The pictures are nice colours for both my baby and toddler.

My son loves this book. He believes the Gruffalo lives in the forest near where we live. He regularly pretends to be a Gruffalo. He even has a Gruffalo outfit which I have to read the story to him while he walks about growling!

Read this to my 16-week-old ... she loved the pictures and the different voices... she seemed to get excited at the rhythm of the story.

In my little girl's top 5, she knows it by heart! One of the best children books.

We started with"The Gruffalo" which is now a firm favourite with my son. So he was thrilled when I read "The Gruffalo's Child" to him at bed time. He now regularly requests this story, we sit cuddled up together reading, with my son happily chatting about what is going to happen next. This is a story loved by us both.

My son loves this book especially with the sound bar

A modern children's classic. Beautiful artistry and smooth flowing scripture, you can never go wrong with this children's fiction power duo. Easily my child's favourite book. I have read it so many times I can now recite it!!

Great rhymes and illustrations.

We read this story over a couple of story sessions, William enjoyed my voices as I changed them for different characters.

My son loves this book! We have all the stuffed characters who obviously have to read along with us.

My little girl loves this story. The repetition helps her to remember what comes next and she enjoys joining in as I read. A fun story.

My 2-year-old daughter loves the rhyming in this book, never gets bored with it.

Read this book to my little boy from when he was in the womb and now he gets so excited when I read it to him. Excellent book, he loves it when I give the animals different voices.

This is a lovely book. My son loves it.

This is my daughter's favourite book. It was recommended by a few of my friends. I borrowed a copy from one of them and my daughter insisted that we read it every night for a week! It got to the point where she knew the words and said them out loud each time. She gets very excited each time we read it and she can now recite it from memory. A must-read book!

One of our favourite stories, we love doing all the different animal voices! Highly recommended bedtime book.

Lovely book, really liked it!

Beautiful book which Oliver enjoys reading and talking about the illustrations.

I love reading this book to my little one. It is fun and interesting and the story is great.

I read this book to Stacey when I was carrying her and I felt her kick me, we read it together again at a week old and she loved it!

Lovely story of a mouse and an imaginary monster.

Brilliant story!

Brilliant story, my 3-year-old daughter loves to read it at home and at nursery. would deffo reccomend.

Great book.

My daughter loves this book and we point to the different bodyparts.

Without a doubt my favourite children's book. I love reading it to my son and the animated version of it has brought the book to life in an extraordinary way.

Shared this book with some nursery children, when I did my ta course and they all loved it, even though some had seen it on the tv it was great to change my voice to the different characters - a fun book.

We have made a story sack for this book to bring the story to life. My son absolutely loves seeing it being acted out! The rhyming and repetition is also great for memory building as my son now anticipates what is about to happen on each page!

We like to read this book as a family doing the voices for each animal and letting the kids say the words they remembe. We all enjoy the Gruffalo.

All time favourite in our house

I loved it when small so at a library story time ask them to read it alot and my liitle one pronounces gruffalo as "alo " "alo" book...so amused when I hear It

I bought a book pack all from Julia Donaldson and my little man also loves this he joins in and stamps and pretends to be a gruffalo. This is also good because the kids can join in and read along as it rhymes and repeats itself slightly so it's easy for them to read along.

A beautiful story about a courageous mouse who outfoxes the woodland creatures who intend on eating him as he takes a stroll through the forest. Great illustrations and although my son will not often sit for a longer story, he adores this classic.

The Gruffalo Sound Book - my daughter loved pressing the buttons to get the animal sounds. This made the story more interactive as she had to press the correct sounds with the symbols in the book.

Rory loves this book so much that mummy knows it by heart. He has learnt words such as fox, mouse, eyes etc .

My child loves it. She gets it out herself to look at and touches each picture or she gives it to us to read and she laughs at the animals. Fantastic pictures and rhyming. We have borrowed it from the library and have renewed it at least once.

Really engaging and fun to read together

Excellent book, really recommend a read and definitely gets your childs imagination working.

We loved the book. In fact we went to see the musical theater show in London too. My daughter simply loves it and narrates roasted fox, scrambled snake etc.

We have a Gruffalo teddy who helps mummy tell the story. I like it when the Gruffalo first appears. He is not very scary though

Love this book

We read this book over and over again and my little one never tires of it... She even reads it back to me now! That 'fearsome' mouse has her in stitches as it tricks all those other creatures.

We love sharing this book at bedtime. I have been reading it to Lilly since she was tiny and now at 18 months she is very familiar with it, she points at the pictures and gives the mouse a kiss at the end. I love the rhyming story and the great illustrations

My 18month old absolutely loves this book and the gruffalos child he will fetch them to me to read its so cute we recommend xx

The story and illustration is great, it really captures jago's imagination. He learnt about different animals and loved the rhythms. It's a book he never tires of.

This book was recently brought to life for us with puppets during a Bounce and Rhyme session at our local library. Young children of various ages were captivated. A clever and fun story of brains triumphing over brawn!

My little boy loves the different voice that we use for the animals. X fab book

My little girl loves this book. It is our regular bedtime read.

My son is 2 and absolutely loves the Gruffalo and all the Julia Donaldson books. Highly recommended

One of our favourites. An absolute classic!

My little girl loves this book. She acts out each character and repeats her favourite sentences over and over again.

Although Isla is only 5wks old, as I read the story to her she was alert and smiling. As a nursery nurse this story is one of my all time favourites, along with a lot of the other Julia Donaldson books.

Read the book was well written and exciting. There is good meaning behind the story. Child really enjoyed it. Lovely pics and very colourful. It is fun and exciting book to enjoy with your child.

I love reading this book to my 3 month old son, I read it at bedtime and because it's a rhyme it helps to send him to sleep. This has made our bedtime routine work perfectly!

Prior to reading this with my son, I was frankly fed up of hearing about it! However, as soon as we shared it, it became clear why it's such a firm favourite with everyone! Cheery, rhyming story that oozes charm with lovely, bright illustrations. My little boy loves to snuggle up and listen and equally, "read" the book to himself while he strokes the pictures! A definite modern classic.

We love reading this to our 14 month old and he loves it too

Awesome.... read it all the time.

Very imaginative story to share with a child

After doing this book at nursery we made a gruffalo and went on a gruffalo hunt My 3 year old loved it

Love this book and Thomas enjoys looking at the beautiful illustrations. A real favorite for us!

We read this book before and lots of times after going on a Gruffalo trail, Kids love the story and all the crafts that can go along side it

Super and enjoyable read.

Caolan loved this book and knows it word for word he now talks about woods and animals you find and had to go looking for the snake and owl and fox.

Lovely book

Wonderful book! Dexter loves anything by Julia Donaldson!

A great book. The rhyming is fun and easy to read. Sasha loves it.

my little one and i loved the book! we read it so many times that i know it by heart. the smart little mouse overcomes the challenges that come in his way. i found the rhyme very musical.

Absolutely brilliant read & love the illustrations:) My daughter loves the voices!

Great book to share with children of all ages. My daughter loves the different characters and now that she can read she reads the part of the mouse.

My son absolutely loves this book! I love reading it to him. I love that he learns from the repetition and rhyming! Definitely recommend this book. I've read this to him since he was tiny and he will sit and listen to the whole story at just 1 year old!

I thought this book was great!

Really enjoyed this book very lyrical. It sucks you into the deep dark wood with precise descriptions.

Both of my children have enjoyed this book from an early age, and my son loves reading it to his little sister - and she loves the voices he puts on for each character!

We loved The Gruffalo, great flow to the story and we read it over and over again. Family favourite.

Awesome story...my son first got scared of Gruffalo...but now he enjoys it..does not sleep without reading it!

We love this book. My daughter enjoys sharing it with her older cousins and loves Mummy signing the story. We love taking a stroll through the deep dark wood. The repetition and rhymes are fantastic.

Although Tilly is only 6 weeks I love reading this book to her. A must for every child's bookshelf

This is one of my favourites and we are also doing it at school and making lots of gruffalo things.

Another favourite of mine and my daughter's: we shared this at toddler group. The actions are the best!

My daughter loves this book. She has listened the story in the playgroup and she asked me to buy the book to read it all together, with daddy and little brother. It's so funny!

We loved this book when first first read with our son, and that feeling just grew and grew. A true family favourite.

What an amazing book, this book has been entertaining children in our family for years, and it will carry on entertaining children in our family for many years to come. :)

We love this book! A firm favourite!

My one year old loves this book and gets very excited to turn the pages.

We read this book nearly everyday, the rhythm and flow of the words is great for soothing a fussy 7 month old.

This is the first book we read together he loves it

I've just started reading this with my 20 month old daughter and she loves it! I was surprised she was willing to sit so still and patient to listen to it, and now she asks for it again and again!

Both of my children love this story and we regularly have to role play the story at home and at the park, hiding from the gruffalo

Loved the book, great story and fantastic illustrations.

we read this at children's centre, everyone was transfixed

As it was world book day yesterday we went shopping with our daughter to find a new book to add to her growing collection. This was the book Holleigh chose. We read it at bedtime and she absolutely loved it, we had lots of giggles. The rhymes are brilliant to keep little readers interested and she enjoyed pointing at mouse in each picture. I can see this becoming a favourite of hers. She's 14 months old and she LOVES books :)

My 4 year old son loves this book. We have read it many many times. He loves all the characters and enjoys describing the Gruffalo.

I first read this book, she was probably too young, so I thought, she just loved the rhymes, and soon memorized the end of each sentence, it was so much fun to read it together, as I would start and she would finish, still a year on it's one of her favourites, and mine.

Our Eva loved all the charactors in this book. She enjoyed acting the part.

I've been reading to roo since he was only a few days old and he is five months now. We first read the gruffalo when he was about 2 months and he still gets excited when I start to read the story now or get his board book for him to look at the pictures.

This is my Husbands favourite book and he knows it almost by heart. When my son wants to it read he takes it to one of us and climbs next to us so he can turn the pages,(usually faster than we can read). The best part is when he sees the Gruffalo he growls and smiles.

I have shared this book with my two girls for some time now, they both know all the words and join in every time :)

I've bought it quite recently for my 18 month-old boy. I was curious myself what the Gruffalo was. My little one usually doesn't let me finish the book if the story is that long, but he was captivated with the illustrations and even asked to read it again.

This was a gift (jigsaw book form) for a 2nd birthday, my son loves the rhymes and the jigsaw although he's not quite got the hang of matching the pictures.

I have shared this book with both my 1 year old and 6 six year old and they absolutely love it. They love to describe the Gruffalo and still get exited every time when he makes an appearance.It is definitely a family favourite :)

Love this book, first read it at the library and then bought my little girl the set. they are a little to long for her at the minute but she loves her books so look forward to reading this to her a lot more.

My daughter got the Gruffalo and the Gruffalo's Child books as a birthday present (it was her 3rd birthday) and they immediately became her favourites. She knows the Gruffalo almost by heart (with some help from mummy or daddy) and we often recite it on our way to gymnastics classes or when we are waiting for our order in a restaurant or a cafe.
Both books are a pleasure to read and work great to train a child's memory as you just can't stop reciting them. They are also brilliant for...

My son loves this story

harry loved this book and so did mummy

This is a great book, it appeals to all ages. Both our sons (7months and 3years) love it and its a delight to read.

I love the story of Gruffalo, and even though my daughter is only a year I read it to her and to my surprise she politely listened. I would recommend it to all older children.

My one year old daughter absolutely loves this rhyming book, and especially likes it when we get to the Gruffalo's nose and she points to her own! The pictures are very colorful and encourage interaction.

My 5 month old son loves this book, we have read it to him almost every day for the last 3months! I think it's the rhyming, we all love the gruffalo! Infact we love all Julia Donaldsons books! Fantastic x

At the moment my little one is too small to really understand the story so its more about me putting voices on, looking at the colours and her just enjoying the time with me but i love reading this book to her, i never get bored of it.

When we first read this book Anton was a bit scared and we didn't get to the end. A couple of months later he now loves it. The rhymes are great and we love describing all the different animals in the illustrations.

We bought this book after it was televised at Christmas. I love doing the different voices. My son loves anything that is remotely scary.

Both my boys love this book! My eldest aged 4 has been reading it for a while and knows the words. It has really helped his reading confidence

This is an engaging story of a clever little mouse. My toddler loves reading the Gruffalo!

Fraser loves this story and we read it to him over and over. He loves Room on the broom too. He even joins in with the story he's been read them so much!

This book is great and I think it is fab that the BBC made an animation of it- as a family this is a firm favourite!

As you can probably tell from my name, this is my son's absolute favourite book, it was the first bedtime story that we read to him when he was 4 months old and he still loves to hear it 15 months later. The story and rhymes are great as are the brilliant illustrations. We love it.

A rare book that is enjoyed by both child and adult.

Fantastic story! We also bought the touch & feel edition Matthew loves it!!

I started reading the gruffalo to my daughter when she was 1, she's now 2 1/2 & it's still 1 of the favourites, in fact it's been read so much she reads what she can remember to her 18mth old brother.

This Is One Of My 4 Year Old Daughters Favorite Books And Knows It Off By Heart she Likes To Join IN When We Read It

My Girls Love This Book (3 yrs & 2 yrs) and it's one of our favourites to read together!

My son loves this book he has had it read to him so many times he can finish off most of the sentances.

My son not only loves this book because it rhymes but even finishes the sentences.Great characters

I have shared this book with Lucy since she was a bump still in my tummy. She is now one and it is part of our bedtime routine, she loves it :0)

My son loves the book, loves the cartoon. Just a fantastic story.

The Gruffalo is my oldest son's favourite book, he loves me doing the different voices & even does them himself now. A fab book to share

I have been reading this book to my son since he was very tiny. Seems to love it. It's had lovely pictures and a poem/ rhyme throughout. Of course every story needs a monster! I see this in being a favourite in the future.

Adore this book my little one chooses this book as one of his bedtime books nearly every night and never gets bored of it. And got to admit I love it too.

We love reading this book together.

my daughter loves this book she reads along to it and when ever we go pass lots of trees she starts telling the story

Eva is only 11 months old but Eva loves this story. She gets excited when she comes across the different animals. We have read the story to her a number of times but she still brings it back to us time after time to re read. I love Julia Donaldson stories they are all fantastic and easy to read and the rhyming makes them easy to remember. I am a supply teacher and even junior children love The Gruffalo and other stories by Julia Donaldson.

I love Julia Donaldson's books! They are illustrated beautifully and are lovely books to share at bedtime. The Gruffalo is one of our favourite books at home & my son always smiles & coos to the pictures.

Kids love this book would read to all ages. And as a follow up there are the other books in the seires like smartest giant in town etc

This is a favourite bedtime story, we have a little plush Gruffalo and my daughter loves to cuddle and play with it as we read the story. I love to do the different voices and my daughter can recite a lot of the book having been listening to it for over a year. She's now 3 and often recites parts during imaginitve play. We love the illustrations and the rhyimg aspects of the book. Julia Donaldson is a firm favourite in our house :)

I shared this book with my godson when he was younger, and ended up knowing it off by heart! I bought the board book version for my son as his first book, and love reading it after his bath, complete with the different voices for the snake, owl, fox etc.

My little girl loves this book and its such fun to read!!

A fantastic book - it is just as wonderful now reading it to my daughter as it was when my mum read it to me.

This was a present for Rufus' first Christmas from his big sister when he was just a week old. We have read it to him most nights since then and now, at almost 18 months old it is definately one of his favourite books along with The Gruffalo's Child. It was particularly amusing when Rufus began sounding out "Oh help, oh no, it's a Gruffalo" at around 9 months :0) I would highly recommend this book for any child.

A definite favourite in our house... my son was bought this when he was born and it's been read 100's of times... never gets boring!

All the children I look after love this book so much it's always top of the list when I ask them to choose a story for me to read, from babies to 8 year olds they never get fed up of it and always join in.

My son loves this book to read time and time again, a truly great book for all ages.

We first read this book when he was 1and he got given it for his birthday. she is a amazing author and we now not only own her vast collection off books dvds but we also been to theater show and own three mouses as a direct result. Helped my sons speech and his understandin of creatures and what's make believe and not. Perfect family book as are all hers would also recommend zog by same author

My daughter had this book when she was 2 & still enjoys it now aged 4. We also have the Gruffalo memory game which she loves playing & reciting lines from the book which are included. The story has a lovely rhythm to it & is really well illustrated.

my boys enjoy this book they know most of the words.

An instant hit in our house. Matthew refers to this book as "teeth" (Terrible Teeth in his terrible jaws).

Mummy often recites to him when out and about and we play game together pointing at different parts of our bodies that correspond with Julia's rhyme such as knobbly knees or turned out toes

... we have a peg jigsaw of the gruffalo too and will go through the Gruffalo story as we complete the jigsaw

When my daughter was younger this book scared her, but its now a firm favourite in our house, along with The Gruffalos Child xx

We thouroughly enjoyed this very descriptive book, and the very clever mouse who managed to outwit all the other animals. We just loved the end when mouse settles down to have his snack. Love the way the story rhymes

enoch likes this book very much

I have been reading this to my son for a while and now he is 4 months old he loves the different characters. He has started to laugh all the way through this book.

we all enjoyed this book every night for a month

Daniel is only 6 months old but we love reading this with him and trying to do all the different voices.

We've read this story 8 times in the month we've had it, and we have lots of books. I enjoy doing the voices and my son finds it enthralling! Julia Donaldson is our favourite author!

my three year old knows this word for word and loves every minute of it. It's a wonderful book

All my Children have fallen in love with this book

I loved reading this book to the children at the nursery I work in. So I had to get it to read to my daughter, she loves the pictures & listening to mummy do all the different voices of all the different animals.

this is a super book , both my boys love it. they act out the parts and the older one likes to do different voices for the animals

Wonderful book bought for my son when he was born. We try and act out the animals for our son to get his attention more which he seems to like.

this book is fantastic: my son loves the book and loved watching on the bbc production of it. even in summer when we went for a walk in the wood he was re enacting the story looking under logs for snake etc

My son loves this book, we put on voices and he gets really involved with it

My daughter loves reading this story.

This is my sons favourite book and my partner loves reading it to him, adding growls! They both love it. A must buy.

My two and three year olds love the Gruffalo. They always laugh when I use different voices and I always end reading it five times, if not more. Love the pictures and the way it rhymes. One we will always treasure.

A truly wonderful book – my 18 month old regularly chooses this one from the shelf. It is amusing to read for both her and myself with lovely illustrations. Everyone should have a copy of this story.

I may love this book more than my child!!! Its a wonderful story and we thoroughly enjoy it every time

My little boy loves this book, and I have read it to him so many times that I know if of heart. He just has to hear the words, 'A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood' and he starts smiling. Its a really good book I love it almost as much as he does, every child should have this book in their collection.

I think this is a bit old for my 21 month old - i love it but he gets a bit bored halfway through. we will persevere though.

My 2 year old daughter loves this story and the pictures are great for her to look at.

This book was given to my son as a gift when he was born. It is one of the first books I read to him at bed time, has become a favourite of ours and is always greeted with a smile. Still only 9 months old, he can clearly recognise the rhymes in the story and he already sits for the entire book. He especially likes the last page when I whisper 'all was quiet in the deep dark wood.....'.

A fantastic book. I have read this to my 20-month-old daughter since she was a newborn. She loves it! To see the little smile creep onto her face when the mouse meets the Gruffalo is magic...she never tires of this one! The pictures are brilliant and so expressive. A must have for any young childs' library.

excellent read for all ages :)

My 3 and 2-year-olds sons love this book – both of them can sit and tell you the story word for word...it makes me smile to see them really enjoy reading

My 22month old loves this book. She calls the Gruffalo- Griffyo! Fantastic pictures, she insists we read it at least once a day

My son is only 7 months old - but already adores the wonderful rhymes within the story. I get equal pleasure from the lovely story and wonderful illustration. I know this will be a book that we continue to read together for many years.

We borrowed the Gruffalo from the library because it had sound buttons and my son loved pressing and laughing at the funny noises. Great book.

"Oh help! Oh no! it's a Gruffalo!" followed by screams of delighted laughter as we run round the house..! My little one has had this book since he was 18 months (now almost 4) and still loves it, and never tires of the story. When we drive or walk past woods we always talk about whether the Gruffalo lives in there, "I'm sure I saw him - did you? - are you sure he had purple prickles?" - or whether the Owl lives by a river we pass etc...

Currently my daughter's favourite book and she makes sure that I read it every night.

I love reading this to my daughter, she was very young (about 3 months old) when i first started reading this book to her and she is now nearly 10 months and still loves me reading it to her.

This is THE book in our house! We must read this 3 or 4 times a week, our little boy never tires of it! It's such a cute story

This is one of my son's favourite books. He knows the story off by heart. He loves it when we make up different voices for the characters and loves talking about all the different creatures in the pictures.

My son recieved this book for his 1st birthday, and ever since then has been a favourite, the rhyming and wonderful illustrations keep him hooked, a wonderful book to share with children of preschool/toddler age and parents will love it too :)

my daughter loves the guffalo book

Fantastic book. I have been reading this book to my little one ever since he was 6 months. Now he is 1 year old, he knows the whole story, smiling every time you say a a piece of the story :)

My son loves the book so much. He likes to copy the sound of Gruffalo and all other character on the book.

We first read this book when the Gruffalo was part of Red Nose Day. We have since enjoyed making masks and various other activities. My son turns the pages too quick for me to read the full story though!!

My almost 3 year old has had loads of fun with his book and I made him a story sack to extend his learning and love of the story.

My almost 3 year old has had loads of fun with his book and I made him a story sack to extend his learning and love of the story.

We are all HUGE Gruffalo fans on our house, myself and husband included! We have two children aged 3 1/2 and almost 2 & they know the book almost word for word! It is in my opinion one of the greatest books ever – I am sure my children will continue to enjoy it for years to come!

We are all HUGE Gruffalo fans on our house, myself and husband included! We have two children aged 3 1/2 and almost 2 & they know the book almost word for word! It is in my opinion one of the greatest books ever – I am sure my children will continue to enjoy it for years to come!

I have been reading with preschool children for many years and The Gruffalo instantly became a firm favourite with them all. Colourful images, rhyme and alliteration make this book a joy to behold! I will treasure it for many years to come.

I have been reading with preschool children for many years and The Gruffalo instantly became a firm favourite with them all. Colourful images, rhyme and alliteration make this book a joy to behold! I will treasure it for many years to come.

At the moment The Gruffalo is my daughter's firm favourite and we read it every night before she goes to bed! She particular likes the end and joins in saying 'Gruffalo Crumble'!

At the moment The Gruffalo is my daughter's firm favourite and we read it every night before she goes to bed! She particular likes the end and joins in saying 'Gruffalo Crumble'!

My little boy really loved the wart on the Gruffalo's nose! Lots of pointing and laughing - we had to spend ages reading the page and going back to look again! Lots of fun, loved it...we're going to find some more Julia Donaldson to read next for sure!

My little boy really loved the wart on the Gruffalo's nose! Lots of pointing and laughing - we had to spend ages reading the page and going back to look again! Lots of fun, loved it...we're going to find some more Julia Donaldson to read next for sure!