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Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is a children's book written by Bernard Waber first published in 1965. [ 1 ] : 2 It is the sequel to The House on East 88th Street , published in 1962. The book is the second in the Lyle the Crocodile series, which follows the life of Lyle, a city-dwelling crocodile who lives in a Victorian brownstone with the Primms family.
The Enormous Crocodile (first published on 1st November 1978) is a British children's story, written by British author Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.A picture book written for younger readers than Dahl's other works, the story tells of a hungry crocodile who aims to eat human children via using various, not-quite-impenetrable disguises.
The House on East 88th Street is a children's book written by Bernard Waber first published in 1962. [1] The book is the first in the Lyle the Crocodile series. The story is about a family named the Primms who move into an old Victorian brownstone in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, only to find a performing crocodile named Lyle living in the ...
The eponymous crocodile The Enormous Crocodile: Dahl, Roald: 1978 The crocodile wanders the jungle planning to eat children, but is foiled by other animals. [5] Lyle the Crocodile Lyle the Crocodile series Waber, Bernard: 1962 A family discovers a friendly crocodile living in their home. [6] Mr. Croc Mr. Croc series Lodge, Jo Unknown
Reviewing the novel for Australian Book Review Jane Sullivan called the novel "one of many valuable and sometimes enthralling cross-cultural moments". [2]In The Saturday Paper Khalid Warsame found in the novel "stunning moments of perfect fluidity and permeability, where Simpson’s deep engagement with the ancestries and cosmology of her people comes through".
Crocodile book cover, 1927 "Crocodile" (Russian: Крокодил) is a 1916-1917 fairy tale poem for children by Korney Chukovsky about a crocodile strolling along the streets of Petrograd (the contemporary name of St. Petersburg, Russia). It quickly became very popular, due to its utter nonsense, previously unseen in print, and skillful ...
The Crocodile in the Bedroom: Plot: A crocodile enjoys the orderly flowered wallpaper in his bedroom, over his wife's messy garden, but becomes sickly upon never leaving. Moral: Without a doubt, there is such a thing as too much order. The Ducks and the Fox: Plot: Two ducks meet a seemingly friendly fox, while taking their regular path to their ...
Booktrust, in a review of Solomon Crocodile, wrote that "Catherine Rayner's lovely artwork vividly depicts a lively cast of animal characters in this gorgeous picture book," found similarities in the illustrations to those of Quentin Blake, and concluded, "this is a picture book to treasure."