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• The audio version of this story was probably one of the best that I have ever heard. Imelda Staunton changed her voice slightly but effectively to show the different voices of the different animals. Her pacing was perfect for the young children to whom this story would appeal. The sound effects (birds chirping, frogs splashing, music for the fox approaching) made me feel as though I was in the forest with the mouse. I would listen to this story over and over.

  5.00 out of 5

  Nhritzuk

• What a wonderful children book. Both of my children like it a lot and I can't remember how often I have read it to them. As a parent one could think that the story itself is a little bit too scary but my children had a lot of fun and have never been afraid. The art is well done but could have been even better with more details. Despite of this small criticism I give 5 stars because the story is really cute.

  5.00 out of 5

  dread_dragon

• Very animated, creative story, with a twist at the end.

  5.00 out of 5

  nstark

• A rhyming science fiction book that starts when a mouse is confronted by a fox, who is ready to eat him. The mouse then comes up with an idea of a monster called the gruffalo and the fox runs off when the mouse tells him that a gruffalo’s favorite treat is roasted fox. He does the same with a snake and an owl, each time making the gruffalo scarier. Eventually he runs into the made up animal and, to get out of being eating once again, tells the gruffalo to follow him and see how all the other animals are scared of him, and then the gruffalo would see that the mouse was truly the scariest. The animals run from the gruffalo and, thinking it is the mouse they are scared of, runs off.I loved this story. It was cute and charming and I loved the repetitious rhymes. The monster isn’t too scary for young children either.Students would love to act this story out. Teachers could add more animals in the story also and make up more rhymes if need be. Students could also make a sequence of the animals presented in the story.

  4.50 out of 5

  tnelson725

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