SuitabookGruffalo Granny
Julia Donaldson
- Reading
- Read the rhymes aloud and pause where the mouse leaves his tale unfinished. Invite your child to guess what might happen next, then talk about how the ending changes the situation for the mouse and the Gruffalos.
- Themes
- Storytelling as a way to buy time: The mouse asks to tell a story before being put in a stew, then leaves it unfinished each evening while he gnaws at the cage bars. Storytelling gives the mouse time to work on an escape, turning the threat of being eaten into a contest of wit.
- Worth knowing
- The mouse is threatened with being cooked, captured in a cage and shown trying to gnaw through its bars. Playful framing may soften these perilous scenes, but they may merit a little preparation for a sensitive listener.