"A gruffalo? What's a gruffalo?"...As i start reading this book,i do ask about what the hell is gruffalo...is it an animal? never had a clue about Gruffalo. but then after reading the story i finally discover it just a made up monster illustrate by the writer. Well, i may say the writer did come out with a creative story where she come out with a made up character that we never heard before. The protagonist of this fable is a mouse. The story of the mouse's walk through the woods unfolds in two phases; in both, the mouse uses cunning to evade danger. Isn't that creative. Where i'm a bout to give maximum respect toward the writer, i found out something.
The story of Gruffalo is an adaptation based on a traditional Chinese folk tale of a fox that borrows the terror of a tiger. Donaldson was unable to think of rhymes for "tiger" so invented one for "know" instead. However, the writer, Julia Donalson said that the idea of Gruffalo is from her own dog that she once owned. She specially dedicated the gruffalo to her dog that passed away because of cancer.
If i were a younger reader i may say that this fable will be the best, but then i prefer Edwina the Emu better than this Gruffalo. In part of illustration i prefer the gruffalo better because i do think that it have a suitable sketches that suitable enough to be read by the kids.
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