Night Monkey

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School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 2-In this sequel to The Gruffalo (Dial, 1999), the wide-eyed daughter of that story’s title character decides to find the ‘Big Bad Mouse’ that her father has told her so much about. ‘His eyes are like pools of terrible fire,/and his terrible whiskers are tougher than wire.’ With her stick doll tucked under her arm, the youngster enters the deep, dark woods and follows marks in the snow to snake, owl, and fox. When she finally finds a little mouse, she grabs him for a feast, but the clever creature tricks her into running away to the comfort of her sleeping father’s arms. The full-color cartoons portray a suitably sympathetic child in the snow-filled woods. While children may appreciate