{moimage} Watch out, crocodile's about, and he's hungrier than ever. He's slyly disguised as the trunk of a tree, ready to snatch up the animals and eat them for tea! But how can they stop croc gobbling them up? Brave monkey has a brilliant idea, but will it work?

Review In this delightful follow-up to Here Comes the Crocodile, Kathryn White has produced a captivating and clever story full of humour and excitment. The rhyming text has great rhythm and this makes it a delight to read aloud. Joelle Dreidemy's hilarious pictures full of exotic animals doing crafty battle with crocodile support the text perfectly. T

his is a great book to have as a classroom resource as it is so versatile. It is just begging to be used as the basis for a play. Key Stage 1 children will love taking the parts of the various animals, adding new ones to the story, and making simple props. The book could also be be  a starting point for children writing their own stories about how they would defeat crocodile.

2010-01-28