Audio Character Julia Donaldson: The Gruffalo

This story has been a favourite of my little girl’s for a while. However, as others have mentioned, the narration and character voices are sadly not what you would expect. The voices Imelda puts on are very annoying and don’t really fit the story, in my opinion. So just bear that in mind when purchasing! My daughter on the other hand, doesn’t notice that the voices aren’t great, as I’m sure many other younger kids/toddlers wouldn’t! So it’s worth buying it that respect.

The voices are terrible. Grafalo sounds like he is stupid while the mouse doesn’t sound bright, more like trying to improvise on the spot. Clashes with the outsmarting idea. Voices are terrible, I can’t stand it.

Really disappointed with this one. It’s extremely quiet and the song isn’t great. It’s also a really short tonie compared to Tabby Mctat for example. My son never wants this one when I let him choose.

My 3 year old loves the Gruffallo but this Tonie is a huge ddisappoint as he is terrified of it. Scary music and not narrated well. Run time also very short.

I love this Tonie . It’s a really great engaging telling of the great book. My 9 month old looks at the Tonie box numerous times throughout the story. The song is very catchy too!

If ever there was a recorded piece of audio that would make you want to gouge your own eyes out and stuff them forcibly into your ear canals, then this is it. Calling it ‘awful’ would be kind. The narration of this story could only fall under the lesser-used category of ‘wretchedly loathsome and outright vomit-inducing’. For gods sake, and for your own sanity’s sake, do not purchase this. The voice of the mouse will forever haunt your soul and you will wish you were never born into this terrible, terrible world.

Not one my little one reaches for often and he is a big Gruffalo fan! Not keen on the mouses voice. wish it was longer too! Same price as other tonies but only 17 mins running time

Bought this for my 2 year old grandson who is a huge gruffalo fan - he loves it.

Where do I start... I'm left suicidal because my 3 year old accused me of ruining the Gruffalo. It all comes down to the voice acting. It's terrible, I feel bad and so should this company

Terribly short. My boy was actually in tears and kept tapping it trying to find more content. I should have checked the content instore but assumed there would be much more than is on it. The story and one song is so tight!

Painfully annoying narration voices. Had to get rid of it

My daughter loves this Tonie, the story is great and so are the voices. She's not keen on the song.

We really like this tonie. Just wish it was longer

My son got this for Christmas and absolutely loves it, plays it on repeat. He loves the book originally and has only seen the film a handful of times. I think it's completely fair if people do not like how it is narrated, but those who are not happy that it's not like the film are missing the point that it's an audio reading of the book and nothing to do with the film.

Such a shame Imelda Staunton did not read or understand The Gruffalo is a children’s book, I feel she’s confused with her character from Harry Potter. Disappointing. This is the same with the other Tonie Character she narrates.