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London: Macmillan. A beautiful, fine "Slipcased Gift Edition" - First Edition thus - First Printing - an elegant green hardback housed in a pictorial slipcase - no dustjacket (as issued) - very slight hint of shelfwear - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - "A gruffalo? What's a gruffalo?" "A gruffalo! Why, didn't you know? He has terrible tusks, and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws. "And so begins the story of a quick-witted mouse as he encounters a host of predators who seem to think he might make a tasty treat. As he ventures deeper into the deep dark wood, stumbling across a hungry fox, a not-so-wise owl, and a slimy snake, spinning ever-extraordinary yarns about the scary, scaly gruffalo, he quickly realises that the hungry beast he has been talking of isn't imaginary after all. A witty, sly little story that wrings giggles from the belly of the…

The Gruffalo is a children's book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler. It tells the story of a mouse taking a walk in the forest and featuring encounters with several dangerous animals, depicted humorously and with rhyme.