by Julia Donaldson · Editorial Bruño · tapa dura · ISBN 9788413490427
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«El grúfal» is the children's story by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler and published by Editorial Bruño in hardcover (32 pages, in Catalan).
The little mouse of the forest invents a grúfal, a fearsome monster with fangs, claws and a poisonous wart, to scare off its predators. To its surprise, the grúfal really exists and wants to eat it, so the mouse must use its cunning to save itself.
First edition (2021), with translation by Núria Riera i Fernández, part of the collection «Catalá - A PARTIR DE 3 ANYS - PERSONATGES - En grúfal».
Recommended for early readers from 3 years old, ideal as a story to read aloud.
Dame Julia Catherine Donaldson is a British writer and playwright, and the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate. She is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, Stick Man, and Superworm. She originally wrote songs for children's television but has concentrated on writing books since the words of one of her songs, "A Squash and a Squeeze", were made into a children's book in 1993. Of her 184 published works, 64 are widely available in bookshops. The remaining 120 are intended for school use and include her Songbirds phonic reading scheme, which is part of the Oxford University Press's Oxford Reading Tree. In January 2025, Donaldson became Britain's best-selling author, surpassing J.K. Rowling by some 600,000 sales.
