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Radio Solent,3 mins

The Gruffalo: making reading more accessible with the help of a visually-impaired Swanage four year old.

Steve Harris

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Julia Donaldson's The Gruffalo is one of the most popular children's titles of the last 20 years. But now Everley, who's four years old has been helping make the book more appealing to those with visual impairments. Everley has been helping to test a new version of the book, created by the charity Guide Dogs, which assigns smells to each of the five main characters. Her mum, Hannah, told Steve about Everley's reaction.

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