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If You Should Meet a Crocodile

Name: If You Should Meet a Crocodile
ISBN: 9780140568103

By Joy Peskin

What happens when wild animals stomp, swim and roar into a riot of playful poetry?

playful lively rhythmic colourful

Genres

Animals Poetry/Verse Nature

What is If You Should Meet a Crocodile about?

This lively collection introduces young readers to a colourful cast of wild animals through twenty-seven playful poems. Meet elephants, penguins, polar bears, crocodiles and many more as they stomp, swim, waddle and roar across the pages. The poems use rhyme, rhythm and lively language to capture each animal’s character, while Anna Currey’s bright illustrations bring the creatures vividly to life. Perfect for reading aloud, this charming book encourages children to listen closely, enjoy wordplay and discover the fun of poetry.

Pages

31 pages

Reading age

Picture Book (2-7)

This edition

2001

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