Author and publisher: Julia Donaldson, MacMillan
Summary: This book tells the story of a quick-witted mouse who goes for a walk in the deep dark wood. Mouse faces a fox, a snake and an owl who all want to eat him. But Mouse is smart and scares off the animals by telling them about a scaring monster of his imagination, a Gruffalo whose favourite food is roasted fox, scrambled snake and owl ice cream. Suddenly, Mouse faces a real Gruffalo who says “You’ll taste good on a slice of bread!”. Mouse thinks quickly and declares himself as the scariest creature in the wood and asks Gruffalo to follow him to witness that this is true.
Suitable for students in years: 2-4