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The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo

By Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler

Interest Level

Grades K - 2

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 3.2

Lexile Measure®: 200L

DRA: 20

Guided Reading: L

Genre

  • Rhyming Story
  • Comedy and Humor

Theme/Subject

  • Confronting and Resolving Fears
  • Cleverness
  • Forest Animals
  • Creativity and Imagination

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About This Book

Mouse escapes his predators by telling them he is on his way to meet his friend the gruffalo, a creature with terrible claws, tusks, and jaws. The gruffalo, however, is just in Mouse's imagination, or is it?

About the Authors or Illustrators

Julia Donaldson
Julia Donaldson is the bestselling author of The Fish Who Cried Wolf, The Room on the Broom, the Gruffalo, and more.
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Axel Scheffler
Axel Scheffler's award-winning books include Room on the Broom, The Snail and the Whale, and The Gruffalo. His illustrations have been published in more than thirty countries. He lives in London, England.
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