The Gruffalo's Child Festive Edition

Celebrate Christmas with the Gruffalo's child and all your favourite characters in this special edition of the bestselling classic The Gruffalo's Child. With a stunning foiled cover and fun bonus content and activities from the creators of The Gruffalo, it's the perfect Christmas gift for kids! The Gruffalo's Child Festive Edition is the ideal book for family fun with lots of things to make and do. Littles ones will enjoy the classic story and can then make gingerbread moon biscuits and festive Gruffalo decorations. Julia Donaldson's trademark rhyming text and Axel Scheffler's brilliant, characterful illustrations combine to ensure that the Gruffalo's Child has followed firmly in her father's footsteps and that her story is one that children will ask for again, and again . . . and again! One wild and windy night the Gruffalo's child disobeys her father's warnings and ventures out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist . . . does he? Join the Gruffalo's child in her search for the mysterious Big Bad Mouse in the bestselling sequel to the smash-hit picture book, The Gruffalo.

Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide, and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures. Julia also writes fiction, including the Princess Mirror-Belle books illustrated by Lydia Monks, as well as poems, plays and songs - and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was the UK Children's Laureate 2011-13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. Julia divides her time between West Sussex and Edinburgh. Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator whose instantly recognizable, warm and witty illustrations have achieved worldwide acclaim and numerous awards. Axel is the illustrator of some of the world's best-loved picture books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child. In addition to his picture books, Axel illustrates wonderful novelty and gift books for Macmillan, such as the bestselling The Bedtime Bear, The Tickle Book and Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes. He is also the illustrator of the popular Pip and Posy series. Born in Hamburg, Axel now lives with his family in London.