In an interview in the book The Way We Write (2006), Donaldson writes that although "It can take months or years for the germination of a book ... writing The Gruffalo probably took two weeks, with all the rewriting". [6] She said that writing the second half of the book was difficult and almost forced her to stop altogether. [7] Donaldson said that she had admired Scheffler's illustrations for A Squash and Squeeze, and when her publisher did not suggest he would also be illustrating The Gruffalo, she sent him the text of the book herself. Scheffler showed the text to Macmillan, who were his publisher at the time and subsequently published the book. [8] Plot [ edit ]

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In an article titled "Humour and the locus of control in 'The Gruffalo'", Betsie van der Westhuizen identifies the following types of humour used in The Gruffalo: "humour with regard to the narrative aspects, humour with regard to the poetic aspects, visual humour and humour and the performing arts". [17] She writes that the most common use of humour in the story is incongruity, arising from the sense that "everything is not as it should be". [18] Some examples include the mouse averting the predators and the unusual descriptions of food, such as "owl ice cream" and "scrambled snake". [19] She writes that there are different experiences of humour among different ages of children who read The Gruffalo: three to five year olds will appreciate the elements of surprise and repetition in the story; six to eight year olds will enjoy the rhyme and rhythm of the text and the story's hyperbole. [17] As for visual representations of humour, van der Westhuizen writes that an example occurs when the mouse scares away the snake, accompanied by fragmented images of the imaginary gruffalo's features, then immediately afterwards comes across the real Gruffalo. [20] Gruffalo tops list of children's favorite books". BBC News. 18 October 2010 . Retrieved 19 October 2010. To create a satisfying rhyming scheme for the story, Donaldson tried a few different names for the creature that would eventually become the Gruffalo. [30] Commemorative Gruffalo stamps released to mark book's 20th anniversary". ITV . Retrieved 25 September 2022.Burke, Michael (2022). "Language and style in The Gruffalo". Language and Literature. 31 (1): 41–61. doi: 10.1177/09639470211072162. S2CID 246372502. Stone, Brittany A. (2012). "Learning the Language of Power: An Analysis of Linguistic Savvy in Picture Books". Southern Journal of Linguistics. 36 (2): 66–79. Yu, Chen-Wei (2011). "Childhood, identity politics, and linguistic negotiation in the traditional Chinese translation of the picture book The Gruffalo in Taiwan". Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures. University of Toronto Press. 3 (2): 30–45. doi: 10.1353/jeu.2011.0013. S2CID 144901850. Harper, Paul (21 February 2019). "Gruffalo 50p coin released by Royal Mint: how rare is it?". Which? . Retrieved 3 September 2022. a b c Sweet, Matthew (4 September 2004). "We've Created a Monster". The Independent . Retrieved 21 August 2022.

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The Gruffalo, Christmas Day, BBC1, 5.30pm". Daily Mirror. UK. 24 December 2009 . Retrieved 27 December 2009.Julia, Donaldson; Scheffler, Axel (2004). The Gruffalo jigsaw book. London: Macmillan. ISBN 9781405034968. OCLC 877603901. When writing the story, Donaldson did not have an exact vision of what the Gruffalo would look like. She said that she imagined he would be "more weird and less furry" than Scheffler's final illustrations. [36] She read the story in schools prior to the book being published and invited the children to draw the Gruffalo, which resulted in creatures which she described as looking "more like aliens and less like cuddly animals". [36] In early sketches for the book, the Gruffalo was depicted as being humanoid, troll-like, and wearing a T-shirt and trousers. The book's editor, Alison Green, said that they instead decided that the Gruffalo would look more like a woodland creature and predator, and Donaldson said the resulting illustration is "more natural looking". [36] [37] Scheffler's depiction of the creature relied on the physical descriptions within the text with along with features which aren't mentioned, such as a pair of bovine horns. He created a version of the character which is cuddly and furry but still scary. [38] Donaldson describes the Gruffalo's appearance as a "mixture of scary but stupid". [37] Burke writes that the image of the Gruffalo has become "iconic". [26] Children's story The Gruffalo has now been translated into Cornish". The Cornish Times. 31 May 2021 . Retrieved 24 September 2022. The Gruffalo is an internationally bestselling picture book, a popular stage show, a BAFTA and Oscar-nominated animation – and now the story has been adapted into a fun and accessible pla... Read more

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Creasy, Matthew (7 August 2015). "How to write a children's classic: the Gruffalo formula". The Conversation.

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a b Freeman, Hadley (3 September 2022). " 'At first she didn't like my drawings': Axel Scheffler and Julia Donaldson on three decades of collaboration". The Guardian . Retrieved 24 September 2022.

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But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo's child disobeys her father's warnings and ventures ... Read more Lobscheid, William; Inoue, Tetsujiro (1867). An English and Chinese Dictionary. Hong Kong: J. Fujimoto. van der Westhuizen, Betsie (2007). "Humour and the locus of control in The Gruffalo (Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler)". Liberator. 28 (3): 55–74. doi: 10.4102/lit.v28i3.168. ISSN 0258-2279. Radhi, Ghassan Fadhil (2022). "Criteria for Children's Literature: Julia Donaldson's The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child as a Study Case". Eurasian Journal of English Language and Literature. Karabuk University. 4 (1): 55–71. eISSN 2717-9435.Hahn, Daniel, ed. (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199695140.