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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
I actually really liked this book. It made me feel really nostalgic as I read this for the first time when I was quite young. It was a really fun experience and the story as a whole was very entertaining. I also love the full colour illustrations - they were super fun!
I have read most of Roald Dahl's children's book, but there were a few I hadn't read, and I am planning on reading those as I want to have read all of this amazing author's books.
I found this one at my library (lucky, since it is English), and I decided that operation: Read all of Roald Dahl's Books is a go. I was really interested in reading this one, even though the crocodile sounded positively horrendous.
And the crocodile was horrendous, and bad, and evil, and wicked, and deserved what he had coming in the end. The tricks he did to get little kids (and their parents) into his big gaping mouth were really evil, though I also have to say they were smart. Blending in like this, if it weren't for certain people, no one would have noticed until the crocodile had eaten the kid.
Though that brings to me wonder, do the kids/people understand the animals? At times it seemed they did, at other times it felt they just reacted to the commotion. The animals did seem to know the children's names at least, so they must visit often.
The illustrations are (of course, because this is Quentin Blake) fantastic and really fitted the story perfectly. Quentin Blake always had, well he still has it, that special way of drawing that just brought Roald Dahl's works to life.
This book will make you chuckle, it will make you shake your fist at that evil crocodile, and then you will cheer when the ending pops up. :D
All in all, I would recommend this book, it is a fun book and young and old will just adore it!
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I found this one at my library (lucky, since it is English), and I decided that operation: Read all of Roald Dahl's Books is a go. I was really interested in reading this one, even though the crocodile sounded positively horrendous.
And the crocodile was horrendous, and bad, and evil, and wicked, and deserved what he had coming in the end. The tricks he did to get little kids (and their parents) into his big gaping mouth were really evil, though I also have to say they were smart. Blending in like this, if it weren't for certain people, no one would have noticed until the crocodile had eaten the kid.
Though that brings to me wonder, do the kids/people understand the animals? At times it seemed they did, at other times it felt they just reacted to the commotion. The animals did seem to know the children's names at least, so they must visit often.
The illustrations are (of course, because this is Quentin Blake) fantastic and really fitted the story perfectly. Quentin Blake always had, well he still has it, that special way of drawing that just brought Roald Dahl's works to life.
This book will make you chuckle, it will make you shake your fist at that evil crocodile, and then you will cheer when the ending pops up. :D
All in all, I would recommend this book, it is a fun book and young and old will just adore it!
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
One of my favorite books. With the hilarious illustrations and lines like "secret plans and clever tricks...", it worked its way into my heart.
Cute little kid's book about a crocodile.
Wait. I forgot. It's actually a book about a bloodthirsty crocodile trying to devour innocent children. So maybe not that cute after all. Which is basically every Roald Dahl book summed up in three sentences. The croc does end up getting so I guess all's well that ends well...
Wait. I forgot. It's actually a book about a bloodthirsty crocodile trying to devour innocent children. So maybe not that cute after all. Which is basically every Roald Dahl book summed up in three sentences. The croc does end up getting
Spoiler
thrown into space and burnt alive though,
Ronald Dahl helped shaped me into the reader I am today... his books helped me learn to read when I lagged behind the rest of my early elementary school students. This book was no exception.