The Gruffalo's Child |
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 | My kids - aged 2 and 4 - love the original Gruffalo story and ask to read it almost every bedtime. There was initial excitement when I brought this one home. But after a couple of readings they quickly stopped asking for it. If I suggest reading it now, they say "no, we want the first Gruffalo story".
In truth, the original Gruffalo story is so good that it's a very, very tough act to follow. But, even allowing for that, this sequel almost entirely lacks most of the features that make the first story so memorable. It hasn't got anything like the same rhythm in the writing. And the plot meanders its way to a weak pay-off that has little impact and doesn't make much sense.
All-in-all, a disappointing follow-up to the excellent original. read more.
Written by Julia Donaldson.
Published 02 September 2005.
Published by Macmillan Children's Books.
rrp £5.99.
32 pages Paperback.
ISBN: 1405020466
ISBN-13: 9781405020466 | |
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