Every morning a very large and very snappy crocodile shouts this selfish message: 'Stay away from my river! It's MY river! If you come in my river, I'll eat you all!' The animals in the forest don't know what to do, until one day the smallest of them all, a little mouse, finds a way to solve their snappy dilemma. Astoundingly bright, bold illustrations bring to life all the wonderful creatures of the forest in a rainbow of colours, in this classic contemporary story. The other animals we meet in this wonderful collection are a rhino who hates his horns, a giraffe who feels isolated by his height and Godfrey, a very gossipy parrot who likes nothing better than passing on a rumour and stirring up some trouble!

 

There are 108 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2006 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Shen Roddie has written many wonderful books for children including our own PLEASE DON'T CHAT TO THE BUS DRIVER and WHOEVER'S HEARD OF A HIBERNATING PIG. She lives in Oxford. This is Jenny's first picture book for Bloomsbury. Jenny splits her time between fine art and illustration and she lives in Montgomery, Wales. Michael Terry is renowned for his animal illustrations. The Selfish Crocodile, his first picture book , has become a classic, selling over 160, 000 copies. Since then he has gone on to illustrate several best-selling animal picture books for Bloomsbury, including Little Hotchpotch, Rhino's Horns, The Sulky Vulture and The Gossipy Parrot. Michael lives in Hythe, Kent. This is Peter Blight's first picture book. He lives in Folkstone, Kent. Sally Grindley lives in Cheltenham where she works on her many and varied books for children. She is the winner of the Smarties Gold Medal for Spilled Water. Faustin Charles lives in London and is the author of Bloomsbury's bestselling picture book The Selfish Crocodile. Michael Terry has illustrated The Selfish Crocodile and many other firm favourites for Bloomsbury's children's list. He lives in Kent. Faustin Charles was born in Trinidad. He is an acclaimed writer of traditional stories and rhymes from English-speaking, French-speaking, Dutch-speaking and Spanish-speaking countries in the Caribbean.