The Enormous Crocodile

I read the story to my 4-year-old son, reading the words out loud but flinching inside. The crocodile plans to eat children, scary enough. But other animals replied to the crocodile, with things like "I hope you get caught and cooked and turned into crocodile soup". I was hoping my son didn't think much about it and I wanted to stop reading, but he wanted to continue. After reading the book twice, he told me the book is too scary for him. The second time he asked to read the book, I was surprised but it was as if to validate his fear and confirm the meanness of the conversations in the book. I agreed with him that the book is not very nice, and we donated it to a little library in our neighborhood. This book is very old, maybe people back then didn't care too much about how gory it could be??!!

The author is Roald Dahl. He wrote this book called The Enormous Crocodile. The Enormous Crocodile is about two crocodiles. One tries to eat the children but his plans never work. His friends help the children get away from the Enormous Crocodile. They are tired of the crocodile's secret plans and clever tricks. I think this book is really excellent.

The Enormous Crocodile decides he'd like a juicy little child for lunch; and his animal friends are horrified. Nonetheless he proceeds on his plans of trickery and deception, eventually bagging just what he deserves. Kids will want parental assistance or good reading skills to enjoy Enormous Crocodile, a zany, fun story of a crocodile's evil plans.

Roald Dahl out-grimm's Grimms' with this tale of a horrid, hoggish brute of a crocodile who connives to eat small, juicy little children. My little one cringed, squealed and cajoled the villian with each new encounter and as he is thwarted in his "secret plans and clever tricks". This book has everything a child relishes: name-calling, suspense, jungle animals, children in peril and a thoroughly loathsome, yet undeniably silly, villian. Dahl has created a dialogue-driven story with vividly over-the-top characters, making this a wonderful read-aloud book! Abundantly illustrated by Quentin Blake's loopy pen-and-ink cartoons with a watercolor wash, this is a wickedly fun package that only gets better with each read and will please kids and adults alike. Beg, borrow, steal, or even BUY this book if it comes down to that!

Although it is a scary subject,a child eating crocodile, the story is told with humour and the pictures are super. everyone in our family loves this one, and the ending is so final there is no chance for scary dreams - only calls to read it again!