The Gruffalo

Work

by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler · 1999

The Gruffalo is a children's picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. It follows a clever mouse walking through a wood who invents a fearsome creature called the Gruffalo to deter predators, only to encounter the creature for real. The book was first published in Britain in 1999 and uses rhyming couplets and repetitive verse.