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The Enormous Crocodile (Picture Puffin) (Paperback)

by Roald Dahl (Author), Quentin Blake (Author, Illustrator)
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Puffin Books (24 April 1980)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140503420
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140503425
  • Product Dimensions: 26.4 x 20.4 x 0.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 664,421 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This crocodile has an enormous appetite and boasts that he is going to eat a nice juicy child for lunch. Fortunately for the children, the other animals in the jungle see through the crocodile's cunning disguises.

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62 of 63 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyable for grown-ups to read to little people!, 29 Nov 2001
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This review is from: The Enormous Crocodile (Paperback)
We borrowed this one first time round from a friend. My then three year old listened in horror and amazement at the ghastly Dahlish crocodile's determination to devour a child. Sadly the croc never has his main course, only his just deserts!
Second time round, a whole year later he rediscovered the book and we read it together with a two year old: as we reached the last page, my son yelled out the final words with such joy and relish that I decided to buy it for him for Christmas.....meanwhile we have made several excursions to the local library at his insistence to hunt for this book.
The pictures are delightful, and little ones love to point out the croc in all his various diguises as he attempts to sneak up on the unwary.
Definitely a must for a parent or grandparent of a child 2-5 years who likes to snuggle up on your lap with a good book.
In Summary, probably the best book I have read with my child to date.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful reading of a fantastic story., 14 Dec 2001
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Stephen Fry has one of those voices that makes you want to listen. This reading of Roald Dahl's wonderful Enormous Crocodile is brilliant. Fry brings the characters to life.

The enormous crocodile himself has a delicious nastiness which almost makes you wish he succeeds in eating the children and the small crocodile has authentic incredulity at his larger associate's prediliction for crunchy little boys.

But most of all... my little 3 year old boy loves listening to it over and over and over!

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun for everyone, 12 Feb 2008
This review is from: The Enormous Crocodile (Paperback)
Plot: In the muddiest river in Africa, lives an Enormous crocodile and a NotSoBig one as well. The Enormous Crocodile is the greediest creature in the whole jungle and he loves to eat children. He is a terrible boaster and the other animals decide to give him a lesson he won't forget...

Fact: Roald Dahl visited Africa, in the year of 1938, as a part of his job (working for the Shell Oil Company) before he fought as a RAF pilot in the WWII, and that's probably where he got the inspiration from.

Rating and recommendation: I would rate it 7/ 10; I would recommend it to all Roald Dahl fans, especially 5 - 8 year olds.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Enormous Crocodile
`The Enormous Crocodile' is one of Roald Dahl's big format books and has large colour illustrations throughout. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun
Ok so I'm a writer and my hero is Roald Dahl. That aside this is an excellent book in part because Quentin Blake's illustrations are in colour and this a a large format book... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Daddy-O

5.0 out of 5 stars An everlasting delight
When my children were little this was their favourite book. I bought a tape to go with it and when my eldest son went to school aged 4 and the teacher read it to the class she had... Read more
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the story is about a crocodile who is nasty and cunning.He wants to eat juicy children and he wants to get them by his secret plans and clever tricks. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Enormous Crocodile
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The Enormous Crocodile is a hilarious and humorous story for children to read. The story is about a mean crocodile with `secret plans and clever tricks' to eat the children in... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Class 3L, Hamsey Green School

5.0 out of 5 stars Our 4 year old loves it!
I've actually never heard the whole CD. But the first time our son heard it (as he was going to sleep), after about 10 minutes he got out of bed walked into the living room and... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Ooh La La
This book made me say Ooh La La.I thought that it was mean when the crocodile was killed by the elephant. Read more
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