Mouse is the main protagonist of The Gruffalo, a major character in The Gruffalo's Child and the film adaptations of the same names. With his long tail and big ears, you will surely be saying “A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood” soon. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.

Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. This is the 9 inch size Mouse character from the hugely popular Gruffalo book and film written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. There is typographic variation in the text, in that the Gruffalo's and predator's dialogue is written in italic font whereas the mouse's dialogue is not.

Other Gruffalo-themed woodland walks and trails have been established in Great Britain, including those at Kilmardinny Loch in Bearsden, [69] Mount Vernon Park in Glasgow, [70] Ardkinglas in Argyll, [71] Whinlatter Forest Park in Cumbria, [72] and several locations managed by Forestry England. Retell the story of The Gruffalo with the Bajo Mouse figure, an instantly recognisable character from the Julia Donaldson best-selling children's story. In an article titled "Humour and the locus of control in 'The Gruffalo'", Betsie van der Westhuizen identifies the following types of humour used in The Gruffalo: "humour with regard to the narrative aspects, humour with regard to the poetic aspects, visual humour and humour and the performing arts". The first syllable in the name— gruff—is shared with the other children's literary characters of the Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Create an entire ‘Gruffalo’ world in which children can discover a love of reading and storytelling. Criteria for Children's Literature: Julia Donaldson's The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child as a Study Case". The same year, characters from the book featured on a series of UK postage stamps issued by the Royal Mail. Throughout the book, the setting doesn't change—the illustrations at the end of the book are a mirror image of the forest at the beginning. The Gruffalo won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and Blue Peter Book Award's Best Book to Read Aloud.A Gruffalo Woodland Trail was opened on 31 March 2012 at the Dean Heritage Centre in the Forest of Dean. At first she didn't like my drawings': Axel Scheffler and Julia Donaldson on three decades of collaboration". The use of the Gr sound at the start of the name evokes negativity, harshness and discomfort, owing to the fact that it is a common consonant cluster in words with that connotation (for example: growl, groan, grumble).