Authors:
Paperback, 32 pages
Publisher: CARTWHEEL BOOKS
Publication Date: 2005-10-01


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Authors: Andy Blackman.
Board book, 18 pages
Publisher: Price Stern Sloan
Publication Date: 2006-08-03


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    Learn colors as you listen to jazz with Miles the Crocodile:

When jazz is white, it’s like snow in flight,

Falling gently on trees on a cold winter’s night ....

Authors: Mercer Mayer.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Dial
Publication Date: 1987-03-30
Edition: 1st

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    The There's a Nightmare In My Closet, bringing back that story's imaginative young hero for an even funnier nighttime adventure. Full-color illustrations....

Authors: Roald Dahl.
Paperback, 32 pages
Publisher: Puffin
Publication Date: 2003-03-24


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    The Enormous Crocodile is incredibly hungry-and incredibly greedy. His favorite meal is a plump, juicy little child, and he intends to gobble up as many of them as he can! But when the other animals in the jungle join together to put an end to his nasty schemes, the Enormous Crocodile learns a lesson he won't soon forget. Dahl's wicked humor is as delightful as ever in this new, larger edition of a hilarious favorite.

Illustrated by Quentin Blake....

    With his "secret plans and clever tricks," the Enormous Crocodile desires to lunch not with but on a nice, juicy child. His croc companion, the Notsobig One, is the first to try to talk him out of his scheme, claiming children are no good to eat. "'Tough and chewy!' cried the Enormous Crocodile. 'Nasty and bitter! What awful tommyrot you talk! They are juicy and yummy!'" One jungle critter after another--from Trunky the elephant to Muggle-Wump the monkey to the Roly-Poly Bird--tries to prevent the Enormous Crocodile from carrying out his dastardly deed, but on he waddles toward the village. Unfortunately for him, the animals have a few secret plans and clever tricks up their furry sleeves, too!

This new storybook format of a fabulous Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake classic is destined to delight a whole new generation of young readers. The first collaborative effort of this picture-perfect creative match, The Enormous Crocodile's uniquely Dahl-esque dialogue and laugh-out-loud illustrations marked the beginning of a beautiful partnership. Some of their other creations include The Magic Finger and The BFG. Dahl is a master at giving readers a delectably sweet taste of vengeance. (Ages 6 to 10) --Emilie Coulter...

Authors: Bernard Waber.
Paperback, 48 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
Publication Date: 1987-10-01
Edition: 1

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    A cranky neighbor puts Lyle in the zoo but experiences a change of heart when the crocodile saves him from a fire....

    Lyle the crocodile lives in a house on East 88th Street in New York City. He likes it there, and his hosts, the Primms, like having him around--he helps young Joshua with his homework, jumps-rope with the neighborhood kids, and browses through antique shops with Mrs. Primm. Much to the affable reptile's dismay, however, he makes his neighbor's cat Loretta crazy, which in turn makes Mr. Grumps, Loretta's owner, even crazier. One day, Mrs. Primm and Lyle are shopping, when Lyle--through no real fault of his own--ends up infuriating department-store bigwig Mr. Grumps who turns red and blue and purple with rage. This unfortunate eruption lands the rollicking reptile in the Central Park zoo where Lyle fights back his crocodile tears. In an elaborate sequence of events, Lyle finds himself back with the Primms on East 88th Street, a neighborhood hero, and, startlingly, even a friend of the mistrustful cat Loretta. Bernard Waber--creator of The House on East 88th Street--charms young readers again with this endearing, whimsical 1965 classic, perfectly complemented by his simple, sketchy, comical illustrations. (Ages 4 to 8)...

Authors: Sylviane Donnio.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: 2007-04-24


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    A scrawny little crocodile wants the opportunity to bite off more than he can chew. He's tired of bananas; today he'd like to eat a child. But he's smaller than he thinks, and the little girl he chooses for his first meal puts him in his place—she picks him up and tickles his tummy! The little crocodile is going to have to eat a lot of bananas and grow a lot bigger before he can add children to his menu! Simple yet hilarious artwork brings this droll story to life....

    Oh, growing up is so hard! There's so much you want and so much you can't do yet. Little Achilles is a crocodile who decides one morning that he's grown beyond his diet of bananas. "Today, I’d really like to eat a child," he tells his mother. She reasons with him: "What an idea!...Well, children don't grow on banana trees, only bananas do, and that's what I have for breakfast!" But Achilles won't be swayed, not even by sausage or cake. And when he happens upon a girl child by the river, it looks like his culinary dream might come true...

French author-illustrator team Sylviane Donnio and Dorothee de Monfreid have perfectly captured the hubris of childhood in this droll story. Young Achilles is so darn cute, and so sure of himself, readers will fall instantly in love. And the encounter with the girl at the river bank is priceless. --Emilie Coulter...

Authors: Bernard Waber.
Paperback, 48 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
Publication Date: 1975-08-13
Edition: 1

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    The first book in the Lyle series, this tells the story of how the Primms found Lyle the crocodile in the bathtub of their new home....

Authors: Bernard Waber.
Paperback, 48 pages
Publisher: Sandpiper
Publication Date: 2008-11-10
Edition: 1

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    Lyle the crocodile lives happily with the Primm family, until one day his world is turned upside down. His neighbor, Mr. Grumps, has Lyle committed to the zoo because Lyle frightens his cat and because, well, he's a crocodile.When zoo life doesn't measure up to life with the Primms, Lyle and his former stage partner make a break for it . . . Will Lyle ever see his adoptive family again?...

Authors: Edward Marshall.
Paperback, 4 pages
Publisher: Puffin
Publication Date: 1993-08-01


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    Starring in the school play means hard work, and being left in charge means keeping the class under control. Fox thinks there's nothing to it. And, when he's put to the test, will Fox retreat? Never! A Puffin Easy-to-Read Book, Level 3....

Authors: Sean Bryan.
Hardcover, 36 pages
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Publication Date: 2006-04-03


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    In this hilarious follow-up to the acclaimed A Boy and His Bunny, Claire--the sister of the "boy who one day woke up with a bunny on his head--discovers that she too has a strange new condition: When she looks in the mirror, there is a gator in her hair! What is she to do? Bound to delight and entertain young children and their parents, Claire and her gator show kids that being different can be all right and even fun!...