What Does Little Crocodile Say?
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A little crocodile explores a day at preschool in this colorful, noisy book filled with sounds and new experiences -- some wonderful, some not -- that are sure to delight toddlers.
What sounds does the Little Crocodile hear on the first day of preschool?
The alarm clock goes ring, ring
The car goes vroom vroom
The elephant says peekaboo
The drum goes rat-a-tat
The food goes nom nom nom
And the crocodile says... WAHHHH!
In this charming book of sounds, a little crocodile experiences the highs and lows of preschool, ultimately enjoying their day . . . after a small meltdown, of course! Little ones will delight in the adorable illustrations and fun read-aloud, and parents will delight in the sly humor and familiar emotional rollercoaster of a toddler's day.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this story told largely in sounds, the first day of school is an aural banquet for an expressive bright green croc in rosy-red overalls. The day begins with familiar home onomatopoeia ("The zipper goes zzzt"), but when confronted with a new environment, the crocodile clings to its mother and emits a sound of its own: "WWWWAAH!" (Adult readers will note that the croc's caretaker sheds a few earnest tears, too.) Happily, though, an attentive elephant teacher, new friends representing a panoply of species, and a wealth of sound-rich classroom activities ("The trumpet goes Pah-Pa-Rah," as the class marches behind their tireless teacher) convinces the protagonist that school is cool. Montanari's economic, softly textured pencil crayon drawings and intimate, inventive vignette framings (a bird's-eye view of multispecies nap time is endearing and funny) provide plenty to linger over, and deliver the gentle persuasion that reluctant, or sensorially sensitive, preschoolers need. Ages 2–5.
