Attenti al coccodrillo! Ediz. illustrata

Fun. Interactive elements and some humor for beginning readers, who will have to work to figure out what the words with the missing letters say. My son LOVED the end, and the cut-outs in the book. He found the book looking like it was being eaten hilarious.

Three stars for Nicolas O'Byrne's sharp, soft, endearing illustrations. Her crocodile has the sass and tubby swagger of a toddler. The story is a bit of a bore, though.

There is something a little reminiscent of David Ezra Stein's Interrupting Chicken in Bromley's Open Very Carefully. As in Stein's book where the young chicken keeps interrupting the stories that her father is reading and changing their endings, here an alien character interrupts a popular, well-kno Leggi tutto

Are you looking for some laugh out-loud fun? What starts out as a sweet retelling of The Ugly Duckling, turns into a story hijacked by an annoying crocodile. The Ugly Duckling does not have time to be concerned that his siblings are beautiful; he has to get rid of a pesky crocodile. “Watch out! He’s Leggi tutto

This is the cutest children's book I've seen! This is so clever in that it's interactive, and different! Our little 4 year old covers his eyes every time he reads about the author making fun of the crocodile by drawing a tutu on him........ So cute!