Tabby McTat: 1

In a sea of children's books, few actually have some morale and a nice story. This is one of the few, very interesting and capricating even to toddlers, there is also a cartoon which has great music and no flashing lights and yelling... which is rare these days.If you want a good story to read and show to yoir toddler, child, this is a great one.3 yrs old and up... is great!Well drawn and original content.10/10

My granddaughter loves Julia Donaldson - so do I

Granddaughter loved

Nice story book and beautiful pictures

Great book for toddlers .

The media could not be loaded. We purchased this book ahead of the Christmas ‘23 BBC release of this story.I wasn’t so sure that my 2 year old daughter would’ve liked this one as much as some of Julia Donaldson’s other titles, but I was wrong. I thought at first that the story was a little too long to hold her attention, or that the story may have been a bit less captivating or vibrant as her other imaginings, but soon after one or two read throughs, it’s become much more popular. I guess cats and making ‘meow’ noises are always going to be entertaining for a toddler. There’s also a recurring song throughout the story that we created a little tune to go with, and that’s something she waits eagerly for each time we turn the page.This setting is different to many of her other books, being based in a modern day London and it’s nice to see a city life in classic Scheffler charm. I would say that some of the illustrations are very busy and full of things that even I hadn’t noticed until after multiple readings, and I think this definitely leads to a little attention blindness for a young toddler. But this is only a minor thing, and they are undeniably beautiful drawings. I’m sure as she grows up with this story, my daughter will enjoy discovering more and more little details hidden on every page (find the hidden gruffalo!)I really like the rhymes and verse structure on this one. It has a really nice rhythm to it but with little quirks that make it fun to read out loud.We bought the paperback version for a change, and it’s a good size, nice and big to help display some of the double page spread illustrations. The pages aren’t too thin either, making it a little harder for those clumsy toddler hands to accidentally tear.

Our Son loves all The Gruffalo family books. Another classic.

A new favourite for granny to read.