Oh my gosh – we have a new favorite in our house! NCircle Entertainment recently released “The Gruffalo”on DVD and we can’t get enough of it! The Gruffalo is a book originally published in 1999 in the United Kingdom. Over the past several years it has won several prizes for children’s literature and sold over 10.5 million copies. With a story this good, it just made sense to turn it in to a movie!
This animated film tells the tale of a mouse who takes a walk through the woods in search of a nut. He encounters three animals who wish to eat him. But mouse is able to outsmart the fox, owl, and snake by stating that he is going to meet a monster with terrible features. Our favorite feature is a poisonous wart on his nose. But what happens when mouse runs in to the creature of his imagination? You will just have to watch (or read) to find out for yourself! Features the voices of Helena Bonham Carter, James Corden, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Robbie Coltrane, and Rob Brydon.
My girls love The Gruffalo. They like to copy the accents of the children who wish to hear a story about a monster….or a mouse. This movie is short and keeps their attention span wonderfully. The animation is beautiful, colorful, and very appealing. The music is calming. I understand why The Gruffalo has been nominated for an Academy Award.
One lucky Coupons Are Great reader is going tobe able to follow the journey of one small mouse on one big adventure!
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Giveaway End Date: September 15th, 2011 at 11:59:59 PM ET
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Penny W says
My favorite childhood story(and still is) is Rumpelstiltskin!
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Carrie Phelps says
My favorite was Willy Wonka.
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Louis says
I loved the Dr. Seuss books
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Deb K says
The Three Little Pigs
Anna-Leigh McClelland says
I think The Giving Tree was one of my most favorite books as a child.
ashley guitron palomares says
my favorite book when i was a child was Where The Wild Things Are. even to this day its my favorite book.
jenn says
yep dr.seuss for me too. also charlie and the chocolate factory, charlie and the glass elevator
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Cindy Ray says
I really love all of the dr. seuess books and stories 🙂
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James Cox says
Green Eggs and Ham.
Ashley says
loved dr. seuess when I was a kid!
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Nancy a says
Loved the Casper stories
Pauline says
It was an old cartoon movie called “Once Upon a Time” – (emscout9 at Hotmail dot com)
stephanie miller says
we loved the dr seuss books! still have the originals, or most of them!
Debbie Welchert says
My favorite story was The Three Bears.
Claudia N says
favorite story was cindirella
Carrie Phelps says
I loved Willy Wonka.
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Lori Thomas says
Harold and The Purple Crayon
Anne Loyd says
I loved The Sneetches as a kid!
Lois Watson says
My favorite childhood story was “Where the Wild Things Are!” I love that they made it into a movie!!
renee dempsey says
The little mermaid
D Schmidt says
My favorite was Snow White
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Tammy1409 says
My favorite was “The Cat in the Hat”
Julie Lynn Bickham says
My favorite story as a child was The Polar Express and now I love to read it to my children.
Michelle Hayden says
My favorite story as a child was The Swan Maiden. Gorgeous watercolor illustrations! Thanks for the giveaway!
Kari Howell says
Little Red Riding Hood
kelly bishop says
The Little Mermaid
Lynda Clark says
My favorite story was “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak.
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Gretchen says
I learned to read early and was reading the Little House books in kindergarten. I still love going back and reading them again over 40 years later. I look forward to reading them with my grandchildren.
jenn says
my fave story was harold and the purple crayon
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Karen says
I loved fairy tales as a kid, especially The Little Mermaid!
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Jayme From WI says
My favorite book/story growing up was called “Dragon and the Mouse”. Some of our relatives that my sister and I were close with bought the book and had it signed by the author and sent it to us. It was just the coolest book with the best illustrations and we would read it over and over again. I actually have never met anyone else who has heard of the book. It will always be a favorite story.
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Mia @Mia's Musings says
My favorite was The Ice Cream Cone Coot.
Amber Hellmann says
There is a monster at the end of this book
Sam Woltman says
My favorite story was the Serendipity series. Thanks!
Betty says
My favorite childhood story was Cinderella, also Godilocks and the Three bears! I know my kids would love this!
Therese Colvin says
My favorite book was Little House on the Prairie. Life was hard work, but seemed so family and religion oriented. You worked hard and played hard. And people helped each other, you could rely on neighbors in a pinch and they knew you would be there for them also. The whole collection was given to me for my 10th birthday by my mother who passed away when I was 13. The TV series is still my favorite!!
Jamie White says
My favorite book was The Poky Little Puppy.
Vicki McCullough Marasco says
my fav was where the wild things are
Jennifer Rote says
I loved Lady and the Tramp.
Kimberly L says
I loved if you give a mouse a cookie as a kid 🙂 that and where the wild things are!
Claudia Smigel says
Red Riding Hood
Shana Putnam says
My favorite was Where The Wild Things Are.
sheree godwin says
my kids would love this