from the Gruffalo books.
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The Fox
from the Gruffalo book.
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The Owl
from the Gruffalo book.
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The Snake
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The German Home of the Gruffalo
The author of the Gruffalo is English, the illustrator is German. The Gruffalo is beloved by children around the world. And the publisher of the books is situated in my home town, a fairly well-known publisher of children’s books (many of them with the obligatory … Continue reading The German Home of the Gruffalo
The One that Got Away
The mouse from the Gruffalo book is a survivor if ever there was one. He survived the fox, the snake, the owl, and in the end even the Gruffalo. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Survivor
Warts an’ all – I Find Him Relaxing
“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.”
Dr. Seuss
I always enjoyed children’s books. Not just Dr. Seuss but Erich Kästner, Maurice Sendak, Hans Fischer, Eric Carlé, and of course, Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler who wrote and illustrated The Gruffalo.
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His Favourite Food is Roasted Fox
When the mouse met the fox the mouse outfoxed the fox by telling him about the Gruffalo and his favourite food which happen to be roasted fox.
This screen was put up when Axel Scheffler, the illustrator of the children’s book The Gruffalo, was in town and read the book to his fan.
Don’t You Know? There Is Such a Thing as a Gruffalo!
Wikipedia knows that “A skookum is a variety of mountain giant or monster similar to the Sasquatch or Bigfoot.” Mhm… I am wondering. Would the Gruffalo qualify as a skookum if he was seen wandering around in the Northwestern United States? He certainly is fierce, strong, and powerful, and has terrible tusks and terrible claws, terrible teeth and terrible jaws!
To Draw on
Axel Scheffler was in our town reading from The Gruffalo and other books he has illustrated with the author Julia Donaldson.
The pages of the book were shown on the electronic canvas behind him.
He then proceeded to use it as a traditional canvas to show how he draws the Gruffalo.
This picture is from Zog and the Flying Doctors. Seems like a curious cat.
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