by Julia Donaldson · GALLIMARD JEUNE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070653133
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«Gruffalo» is the children's picture book by Julia Donaldson, published by Gallimard Jeunesse in paperback (27 pages, in French).
In this rhyming story, a clever little mouse walks through the forest and, when she meets a fox, an owl and a snake who want to eat her, she dissuades them by telling them she has a date with a formidable monster: the Gruffalo. Her cunning will protect her until she must face what she has invented.
First title in the Gruffalo series; the original work was published in 1999 and this French edition is from 2013, with illustrations by Axel Scheffler and translation by Jean-François Ménard.
For children aged 3 and up. As it is in French, it is suitable for reading aloud and for familiarizing oneself with the language.
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.
