Little Wild Things is a small Community Interest Company based in West Oxfordshire, passionate about encouraging children to get outdoors and explore nature. They run outdoor nature play sessions for young children in a local woodland and so spend their time racing snails, painting with mud, and of course searching for gruffalos! After many years of playing outside they know a thing or two about having fun outside, and have put together some of their favourite tried-and-tested adventures, crafts and games in The Gruffalo and Friends Outdoor Activity Book.

Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator whose instantly recognizable, warm and witty illustrations have achieved worldwide acclaim and numerous awards. Axel is the illustrator of wonderful novelty, gift and poetry books for Macmillan, such as Fish Who Dream of Trees (Two Hoots) and the bestselling The Bedtime Bear, The Tickle Book and Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes - and of course, he is the illustrator of some of the world's best-loved picture books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide. Axel's artwork is exhibited internationally; he has illustrated for many charities and designed the Royal Mail Christmas stamps in 2012. Born in Hamburg, Axel now lives with his family in London.