FICTION

Kind Crocodile

by Leo Timmers (text) & illus. by Leo Timmers

Gecko Pr. Mar. 2023. 28p. Board $16.99. ISBN 9781776574704.

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Toddler-PreS–A mouse, a boar, and others board a crocodile, seeking asylum from predators, but soon crocodile is squashed under the weight. Turnabout is fair play; the crocodile gets off a good roar at the very creatures he’s saved; his “just kidding” is met with “not funny.” It is funny.

VERDICT This is impossible to explain to the board book crowd, who don’t really get why some animals chase others, and why they all cannot get along. Pass.

Reviewed by Kimberly Olson Fakih , Mar 01, 2023

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