The Gruffalo's Child
A sequel reverses the original legend: the feared mouse must now perform bigness for a child who comes looking.
The Gruffalo's Child by Julia Donaldson is estimated to take about 7.5 minutes to read aloud (603 words, 2 sentences a spread). Best for ages 3-6.
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- Estimated read-aloud time
- about 7.5 minutesEstimated read-aloud time
- Words
- 603Word count
- Sentences per spread
- 2Text density
- Re-read tolerance
- 5/5strong repeat appeal
- Vocabulary level
- 3/5a few new words
- Best for
- Ages 3-6Age range
Our review
Despite the Gruffalo’s warning, his child enters the snowy wood to find the Big Bad Mouse. Familiar animal clues repeat from the first book, but the mouse now uses moonlight and shadow to manufacture a huge reputation.
Read The Gruffalo first so the inverted power and repeated cast land. Room on the Broom also uses cumulative woodland danger and a final deceptive creature; Gruffalo’s Child is more specifically a sequel about inherited fear, curiosity, and visual trickery.
Before you buy it
The child disobeys a safety warning and travels alone at night; the mouse’s trick makes the threat comic but still tense.
Themes
- rhyme
- courage
- snow
- monsters
- fathers and daughters
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