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Then, the Mouse really meets a
Gruffalo! Gruffalo's favourite is Mouse in the slice of bread!
But Mouse says no.
He said he will have feast with Gruffalo and describes him.
Mouse meets a snake in the woods.
Snake offers feast.
But Mouse says no.
He said he will have tea with Gruffalo and describes him.
Mouse meets an owl in the woods. Owl offers tea.
But Mouse says no. He said he will eat lunch with
Gruffalo and describes him.
Mouse meets the fox in the woods. Fox offers lunch.
Mouse tells Gruffalo that all the animals are scared of him and Gruffalo follows the Mouse and meets other animals.
Mouse and Gruffalo sees the snake. Snake runs away to its logpile house.
They sees the owl.
The owl runs way to its treetop house.
They sees the fox this time and it runs away to its underground house.
Mouse says that his favourite food is
Gruffalo Crumbles and
Gruffalo runs away.
Mouse found a nut in the quiet wood and the nut was good.

Message : Use brain before running away or force.
Relationship with Kids : When children meets a bully, they try to run away or try to use force.
They usually got caught or beaten up. But if they use brain first, there will be no problem getting away from him.

Mouse - He is very small but very smart and scares animals that try to eat him.
Gruffalo - He is very big but is very stupid and gets tricked by the mouse.
Fox, Owl, Snake - They are also very stupid and gets tricked by a little mouse.

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The sentences are not too long and not too short. (Examples in the book)
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This book has a font that are usually in comic books and children books. (Examples in the book)
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The size of the fonts are not too small and not too big for children. But onomatopoeia is a little bigger than more text to have some excitement. (Examples in the book)

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Rhyme
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Rhythm
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Alliteration
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Onomatopoeia
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Metaphor
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Simile
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Imagery
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Personification
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Repetition

This author uses a lot of rhymes and these are some examples:
- ...deep dark wood... mouse looked good
- ... little brown mouse... underground house
- ...but no —... gruffalo
- ... gruffalo?... you know?

Examples:
- A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. (daDadadadaDa daDadadadaDa)
- A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good. (daDadadadaDa daDadadadaDa)

Examples:
- ...
d eep d ark wood
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f avourite f ood is roasted f ox

Examples:
Oh....!
The author didn't use a lot onomatopoeia.

Examples:
The animals talk like humans.

Examples:
A lot of sentences are getting repeated so I won't mention all of them.
A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood.

In this book, the author uses question marks at the end of each page. The children will want to know badly what happens next. If it keep making children turn the page, the children will not stop in the middle of the book and finish it.

I think this book is very suitable to 5-6 years old children. The book is not very violent, doesn't teaches bad things but teaches them a lesson. Also, the book has pictures, short sentences, rhyming words, etc and children just love pictures.