Nick Bromley (text) & Nicola O’Byrne (illustrations) (Nosy Crow) If you think you are settling down for a lovely quiet storytime reading The Ugly Duckling, think again. The book and its tale has been invaded by a crocodile and he is not very happy about being stuck inside! It is up to reader and the little cygnet …
Rebecca Cobb (Macmillan Children’s Books) It is lunchtime, but the little girl in the story is far too busy drawing to go and eat. Eventually she sits at the table, reluctantly, but she just will not eat. Then first a crocodile, then a bear, and a finally a wolf appear, and they are all starving. They are …
Alexis Deacon(Random House Children’s Books) Two eggs sit in the sand, side by side. When they hatch, out pops a baby crocodile from one, and a baby bird from the other. Unaware of their differences, the brothers learn to survive and live together. They are happy and content until one day, by chance, they stumble …
Owen Davey(Templar) When it is time for bed, little knights are just like ordinary little boys: this knight might be climbing mountains, fighting monsters and crossing crocodile-crowded rivers, but at the end of this treacherous adventure, he too must brush his teeth and eventually switch off the light. I had loved Owen Davey’s first book, Foxly’s Feast, which was published …
