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I, Crocodile
By Marcellino, Fred
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06205-199-8
- Publisher
- New York : Harper Collins, 1999.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1999
Gr 1-4-Marcellino's first foray into writing is for seasoned picture-book readers. Children will be intrigued by the cover art-an enormous crocodile sitting on Empire-style furniture at a garden party, hungrily eyeing the guests, his menu upside down. In fact, the watercolors throughout are delightful: the oversized Egyptian reptile picturing his aristocratic ancestors (carved in stone, godlike) or performing the Crocodile Walk (bedecked in pleated skirt and breastplate) after being captured by Napoleon and installed as a fountain decorat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
