Crocodile Listens - Hardcover

Sayre, April Pulley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688165044 ISBN 13: 9780688165048

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2001

Synopsis

A, tasty frog croaks. Delicious warthogs tromp by, Crocodile doesn't move. She hasn't eaten in weeks. But she only lies and listens. Crocodile has a secret hidden in the sand.

What could keep such a fearsome, toothy creature from hunting? This craggy crocodile is about to prove she can be as tender, devoted, and motherly as she is dangerous....

About this title

About the Author:

April Pulley Sayre is the award-winning creator of numerous books for children, including the acclaimed Raindrops Roll, Best in Snow, and Full of Fall. She has traveled many places to investigate, observe, and photograph animals, plants, weather, and the world. The stunning photographs in Thank You, Earth illuminate basic concepts of science, language arts, math, and conservation for young earthlings. April Pulley Sayre lives in South Bend, Indiana. You can visit her at www.aprilsayre.com.

From School Library Journal:

reS-Gr 3-A crocodile waits and listens, ignoring the giraffes thumping by, the warthogs tromping, and the croaking frog that would make a wonderful snack. Finally, she hears her babies' cries and she digs them out of the sand so they can hatch. Using beautifully simple language ("Like an ancient dinosaur/with scraggly teeth-"), Sayre introduces information about the Nile crocodile while maintaining the immediacy of a story. Suspense adds to the narrative: "She has not eaten for weeks.-/Yet for some reason,/she only listens." Stammen's illustrations have an almost photographic reality at times, perfectly portraying the fierceness with which the mother guards her babies, and the gentle way she cracks an eggshell between her enormous teeth to help release the infant trapped inside. The animal sounds integrated into the text will make this a hit at storytimes, and an endnote gives additional facts about the Nile crocodile.

Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, Eldersburg, MD

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About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0688165044
• ISBN 13: 9780688165048
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Stammen JoEllen McAllister