A child reaches into a felt Gruffalo forest playscape with the Gruffalo, Mouse, and Fox and the hardcover book.
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The Gruffalo Story Kit.

A literacy set for the deep, dark wood: a hand-felted playscape, officially licensed finger puppets, display stands, and the books. Read the story, then hand it to the children to retell, act out, and make their own. Build the kit piece by piece, or add the complete set all at once. The complete set covers everything but the books, which are ordered separately.

One story, told many ways.

The mat sets the scene, the puppets give every child a character, the stands turn the set into a small theater, and the books anchor it all in the text. Together they move a class from read-aloud to retelling to independent small-world play.

The matA hand-felted playscape with the Fox's underground house, the Owl's tree, and the Snake's logpile. Trees and logs lift out and rearrange.
The puppetsOfficially licensed, hand-felted finger puppets, Mouse, Fox, Snake, Owl, and the Gruffalo, plus the Gruffalo's Child set.
The standsAustralian-hardwood display rods, from a single perch to a seven-rod theater for the whole cast.
The booksThe Gruffalo, The Gruffalo's Child, and Gruffalo Granny by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

“The greatest monster in children’s literature for a generation.”

The Independent

Build your kit.

Add any piece on its own, or take the complete kit below. The kit is priced at the sum of its parts, with no bundle markup, so the only thing it saves you is the second requisition.

The Gruffalo playscape play mat
The Gruffalo Playscape Play MatFelt mat · removable trees & logs$152
The Gruffalo finger puppets set
The Gruffalo Finger Puppets Set5 puppets · Mouse, Fox, Snake, Owl, Gruffalo$60
The Gruffalo's Child finger puppets set
The Gruffalo's Child Finger Puppets Set2 puppets · Gruffalo & Gruffalo's Child$27
Books · Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
The Gruffalo cover
The GruffaloJulia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler$10
The Gruffalo's Child cover
The Gruffalo's ChildJulia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler$10
Gruffalo Granny cover
Gruffalo GrannyJulia Donaldson & Axel SchefflerHardcover · ages 3-7New for September 2026 · pre-order now$20
Display stands · pick your size
Single-rod finger puppet stand
Finger Puppet Stand, Single RodHolds 1 puppet · Australian hardwoodFrom $11
Five-rod finger puppet stand
Finger Puppet Stand, 5 RodsHolds 5 puppets · Australian hardwood$37
Seven-rod finger puppet stand
Finger Puppet Stand, 7 RodsHolds 7 puppets · fits the whole cast$46
The complete Gruffalo Story Kit
Complete kit · one purchase orderThe Gruffalo Story KitMat + both puppet sets + 5-rod stand + short & tall singles$301.50

Material

Hand-felted New Zealand wool (mat and puppets)Australian hardwood (stands)

Sourcing

Felt
OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified materials, made by Tara Treasures, a Fair Trade USA certified company.Stands
Australian hardwood from Once a Tree.Books
Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Licensing

The Gruffalo® under licence from Magic Light Pictures, based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Origin

Felt
Hand-made in Nepal by Tara TreasuresStands
Hand-made in Australia by Once a Tree

Safety

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD.
Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.The kit ships both finger puppet sets. The puppets are hollow and soft, so they compress in a way a rigid piece of the same size does not.The mat’s trees and logs lift off and are 3 to 4 in each.

Developmental age

Ages 3-8+Pre-K to Grade 3

Pairs with

The rest of the small world.

The Gruffalo Story Kit sits alongside the felt habitats, puppet sets, and nature babies of the Small World & Storytelling collection.

See Small World & Storytelling →