images of the gruffalo in other Julia Donaldson/Axel Schleffer books

[Jenijena]

So I know I need to get a life but...

I've found a picture of the gruffalo in enough JD/AS books (Tiddler the snail and the whale, the highway rat, tabby mctat) to make me think it must be in more - but I can't find it in Charlie Cook's favorite book and Monkey Puzzle.

First world problem, I know, but if anyone else has seen this I'd love to know!

[JimmyJim84]

Snail and The Whale: boy drawing Gruffalo on a dirt path at the school.

Stickman: Gruffalo Christmas bauble

Highway Rat: Gruffalo Cookies in the baker's shop

Superworm: Back of Gruffalo visible in the rubbish dump

Smartest Giant In Town: picture of the witch (room on the broom) graffiti on the wall in the town at the beginning of the book

Zog: Gadabout's horse armour

Zog and the flying Drs: The King's Bed

Smeds And The Smoos: Gruffalos on the Planet Grimbletosh

Scarecrow's Wedding: The tractor.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

[MikeyPups]

Gruff’s legs are up the top of the page on the warthog page in Ugly Five and in Charlie Cook the Gruff is on a drawing on Charlie’s wall on the 3 bears page.

[LaurieMarlow]

Is it in The Ugly Five? I need to know dammit.

Have been through the book time and again and can't see it.

[Vanillaradio]

If you like Tyrannosarus Drip you will find pictures of him and The Troll in Jack and the Flumflum tree (all 3 are jd books which are illustrated by the same illustrator)
And no, can't find the Gruffalo in Ugly Five either and it's driving both me and ds mad.. ...

[emsmum79]

@GinnyJumperoo, it could be worse - my DD points at the "mean Tyrannosaurus and his grim and grisly bride" and says that it's her adoring grandparents whilst killing herself laughing.

[GinnyJumperoo]

😩

[emsmum79]

@GinnyJumperoo, the references are only in the books that were illustrated by Axel Scheffler I'm afraid!

[GinnyJumperoo]

My DD is OBSESSED with Tyrannosaurus Drip just now. Obsessed I tell you. Looking for a Gruffalo will keep me entertained during my next recital reading.

[emsmum79]

There's Gruffalo shaped biscuits on the cake shop at the end of The Highway Rat.
Desperate for napping DD to wake up so I can check the books in her room!

[ededed]

That's a phenomenal song! Could now be updated with Zog and the Flying Doctors' four-poster bed.

But we can't find a hidden Gruffalo anywhere in the Ugly Five. Are we were being thick, or has AS stopped drawing them?

[AliArch]

I also got slightly obsessed with this, to the extent that my husband write a song about each Gruffalo sighting for our two year old! He loves it. Feel free to share with your little ones if they like the game: soundcloud.com/user-471938339/gruffalo-song

[abcdefghijklmno]

Just came across this - where is the Gruffalo in Room in the Broom?
I found him in the rubbish tip in Superworm.

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[AnathemaDevice]

Not found a Gruffalo in Room on the Broom. Is there one?

In The Smartest Giant in Town there is a drawing of the little old woman and the wise old man from A Squash and a Squeeze. It's above the shop door.

The Monkey Puzzle butterfly turns up in there too. Plus there's a castle in the background on one page which looks very similar to one in the background of Zog.

I think I've spent too much time reading JD/AS books.

[spacegirl81]

And gruffalo reference in zog and the highway rat

[spacegirl81]

I've found a rotb reference in the smartest giant in town

[kelda]

Finally found Room on a Broom. Couldn't find any gruffalo in it though!

[ConcreteElephant]

Kato, Sharing a Shell isn't illustrated by Axel Scheffler so I wouldn't expect to find a Gruffalo in there I don't think.

I was reading Monkey Puzzle today but couldn't see a Gruffalo in there. It was published the year after the Gruffalo so maybe the idea of including him in other JD/AS books hadn't occurred yet?

DD and I do love spotting the connections though. There's a fish that looks like Tiddler in Zog and DD thinks it's the same sort of thing whereas I suspect it's just an AS fish ;)

Many thanks to Kelda for pointing out the Gruffalo in CCFB - I hadn't seen that one!

[KatoPotato]

Is he in 'Sharing a Shell?'

[Lady84]

It's Tiddler that has a Gruffalo fish :)

[kelda]

I can't even find my copy of 'Room on a Broom'.

[Lady84]

I literally just posted a thread on this at the weekend because it was bothering me so much I couldn't find one in Room on the Broom!

[Jenijena]

it is! so gruffalo in monkey puzzle? is there one?

[kelda]

has everyone deserted this thread? It's important!

[kelda]

My dd1 is looking too. She has the same conclusion.

[kelda]

If you look on the 'Goldilocks' page of Charlie Cook, I think the drawing on her door is of the Gruffalo.