The Gruffalo

Have you heard of this Gruffalo?

I heard it for the first time when Dr.Jaya was telling us this creative children story.Truly amazing,the way it was imagined to capture the hearts of the young ones. This children's book by Julia Donaldson was colourfully illustrated by Axel Scheffler

It's about a story of a mouse's walk in the woods.Being such a small animal in the forest,this little mouse is seen as being smart though small in size which the mouse managed to fool all the animals the mouse meets along the way.

and this how small the mouse looked and how horrible-looking the Gruffalo looked in this story...

There you go,the Gruffalo! Isn't it creative to invent a name out of one of the animal that we are familiar of,the buffalo and the spelling is almost the same.

What makes this a very good children story? Let me tell you what I have gather from my perspective.

1.Interesting illustrations,which attract children attention

2.The rhyming lines,familiar to their children rhymes

3.Repetition of the similar phrases which allows children to grasp the sentence structure

4. The creative creation of the Gruffalo.

5.Very descriptive on the creature,Gruffalo.

6.Introduction of the forest animals to the children through this story.

7.The story lines gives confidence to the children as the mouse is seen as smart and witty.

A big around of applause to Julia Donaldson!

Date of lecture : 4th January 2011