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Title: The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake ISBN: 0-14-036556-7 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Possibly the most wickedly funny children's book, ever!
Comment: 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!
Rating: 3
Summary: fun book, but the ending falls short
Comment: I really enjoyed "The Enormous Crocodile." It is one heck of a tale. But the abrupt and rather too serious ending leaves me pondering the greatness that could have been.
The story follows the exploits of the tittle character as he sets off one morning to find something to eat. He has a hankering for children from the nearby village. He broadcasts his desire to the other creatures of the jungle as he passes them.
The only problem is that besides being greedy and ill-intentioned, the crocodile is also nasty to his fellow wild creatures. This comes back to haunt him.
The story is a masterpiece of dry humor. Its verbal pacing is darn near flawless. The illustrations are great. Several (especially of the Crocodile's disguises) made me laugh.
Outside of the ending, I highly recommend "The Enormous Crocodile."
Rating: 3
Summary: A Funny Book with Silly Tricks
Comment: I just finished The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl. The story is about an Enormous Crocodile who goes through a jungle to a city, so he can eat children. I thought it was funny because the EC did some pretty silly tricks like when he pretended to be a see-saw. What I liked best about it was that the EC's friends warned the children or the town before the EC could hurt them. I thought this was a nice thing to do. The Enormous Crocodle is a good book to read. I would especially recommend it as a family read.
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Title: The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake ISBN: 0141302291 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake ISBN: 0141302283 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake ISBN: 0141301112 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Fantastic Mr. Fox (Puffin Novels) by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake ISBN: 0141301139 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Twits (Puffin Novels) by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake ISBN: 0141301074 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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