There's nothing really wrong with The Enormous Crocodile but it doesn't have any of the signature Dahl fun that one would expect. There's really nothing that differentiates this as a Dahl book over any other picture book. Blake's illustrations are great as ever.

این‌طور که توی مقدمه‌ی کتاب «من و زرافه و پلی» نوشته، گویا خود رولد دال این کتاب رو بهترین کتابی می‌دونه که برای کودکان نوشته
کتاب شیرین و خیلی کوتاهیه و تصویرهای رنگیش هم خیلی گوگولی‌ان
کلا کتاب کودک اونم از امام رولد دال تردید نداره هرچی دیدید بخونید :D

I didn't like it because I wanted the alligator to get something to eat instead of burning up like a sausage. And the elephant was trying to get him!
(Odin says: I liked him flying like a rocket through the planets.)
Well, that was the only part I didn't like. All I liked was the picture where he was disguising himself as a coconut tree.

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That was a funny one, the enormous crocodile isn't as clever as he thought he was :D he should've kept his mouth shut instead of bragging about his plans, so he ended up barbecued :D

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Καθώς το διάβαζα σκεφτόμουν πόσο καλογραμμένο είναι και πόσο γνήσια παιδικό και εκπαιδευτικό.

Fun, classic Dahl and good to teach river/jungle animals.

Η πάλη του καλού και του κακού και η αντίθεση δύναμης-πονηριάς αποτελούν τον κεντρικό άξονα αυτού του εξωτικού παραμυθιού του 'μάγου' Νταλ.

Βαθμολογία: 4,2/5 ή 8,4/10.

"The Enormous Crocodile" is a funny but silly book. I like it because the enormous crocodile does random things to eat children. I dont like the book because the story is very predictable. I already knew what was going to happen and if the enormous crocodile wanted to eat children,then why did he tell it to everyone? In the story, I like two characters the best. Their names are Roly-Poly bird and Muggle-wamp.

یه کتاب کودک خوب واسه سنین 4-5 سال ، ولی منم ازخوندنش لذت بردم

The story was the usual greedy animal, using tricks to fill its stomach. The various animals at the beginning added some fun, but after that I found the tricks too much unrealistic to be really pleasant. Blake's art was fun to follow, however there were too many white children pictured for a book set in Africa.

A great re-read!

Another short tale by the famous children's author, Roald Dahl, has me eager to review and spread the word. This would be an ideal story for the likes of many children, including Neo, who loves a good bit of humour. While lazing around one day in Africa, the Enormous Crocodile tells his not so large friend that he yearns for some children to eat. He is dismissed and told that there is no way he will be able to score such a delectable treat. Off goes the Enormous Crocodile, into the African jungles, where he encounters many other animals and tells them of his fiendish plan. Again, he is dismissed, but more out of a worry for the innocent children. From there, it is up to the Enormous Crocodile to concoct the perfect plan to get these children into his belly. Armed with the knowledge of the Enormous Crocodile's plan, the jungle animals do all they can to foil it, but will they be too late?! A wonderfully amusing read for children and adults alike that keeps the reader on their toes throughout.

Dahl is a wonderful storyteller, even if the tales can sometimes flirt with the edge of the macabre. He utilises some of the wonderful things that children know about their surroundings and injects just enough 'spook' to keep children guessing. Will the child be saved or has the Enormous Crocodile found a way to win again? Delightfully simple with a quiver full of laughable moments, Roald Dahl level of writing is surely missed in modern children's storytelling.
Kudos, Mr. Dahl for another wonderful story. I hope to keep reading a collection of your work and finding new gems about which I can be proud.

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