The story is about the Gruffalo's daughter who, despite her father's warning, sets off into the deep dark wood to find the "big bad mouse", the only thing her father is afraid of. The Gruffalo can not remember what he looks like and describes him as a monster.
During her winter journey, she encounters the tracks of the snake, the owl, and the fox from the previous story, each of whom she first suspects to be the "big bad mouse", but who in turn tell her where she can find the real "big bad mouse". Eventually, concluding she has been tricked by the animals (and perhaps her father), she sadly decides that she "doesn't believe in the 'big bad mouse".
At this point, she encounters the little mouse from The Gruffalo, who previously tricked her father and who her father and the animals were talking about. When she threatens to eat him, he cunningly invites her to meet the "big bad mouse", which he re-creates by using moonlight to project a tremendously enlarged and fearsome shadow to scare her away. Believing the shadow to belong to the real "big bad mouse", the Gruffalo's child flees and returns to the Gruffalo cave with faith in her father restored.
The story repeats the "brains over brawn" theme, the creatures, and the easily flowing rhyme scheme (tetrameter) of its predecessor, The Gruffalo.
Adaptationsedit
The book was adapted for the stage by Tall Stories Theatre Company in 2005, and has toured around the United Kingdom and the rest of the world since then.
The mouse's shadow appearing enlarged is not something that would occur in the real world[1]
Referencesedit
^Scheffler, Axel. "The Gruffalo's child". Axel Scheffler. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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gruffalo, child, animated, film, adaptation, film, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers,. For the animated film adaptation see The Gruffalo s Child film This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Gruffalo s Child news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Gruffalo s Child is a British children s picture book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler It is the bestselling sequel to The Gruffalo The Gruffalo s ChildFirst edition cover AuthorJulia DonaldsonIllustratorAxel SchefflerCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishGenreChildren sPublisherMacmillanPublication date3 September 2004Pages32ISBN978 1 4050 2045 9OCLC56537100Preceded byThe Gruffalo Children s literature portalPlot editThe story is about the Gruffalo s daughter who despite her father s warning sets off into the deep dark wood to find the big bad mouse the only thing her father is afraid of The Gruffalo can not remember what he looks like and describes him as a monster During her winter journey she encounters the tracks of the snake the owl and the fox from the previous story each of whom she first suspects to be the big bad mouse but who in turn tell her where she can find the real big bad mouse Eventually concluding she has been tricked by the animals and perhaps her father she sadly decides that she doesn t believe in the big bad mouse At this point she encounters the little mouse from The Gruffalo who previously tricked her father and who her father and the animals were talking about When she threatens to eat him he cunningly invites her to meet the big bad mouse which he re creates by using moonlight to project a tremendously enlarged and fearsome shadow to scare her away Believing the shadow to belong to the real big bad mouse the Gruffalo s child flees and returns to the Gruffalo cave with faith in her father restored The story repeats the brains over brawn theme the creatures and the easily flowing rhyme scheme tetrameter of its predecessor The Gruffalo Adaptations editThe book was adapted for the stage by Tall Stories Theatre Company in 2005 and has toured around the United Kingdom and the rest of the world since then The mouse s shadow appearing enlarged is not something that would occur in the real world 1 References edit Scheffler Axel The Gruffalo s child Axel Scheffler Retrieved 24 December 2020 nbsp This article about a picture book is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Gruffalo 27s Child amp oldid 1190132747, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
