The Enormous Crocodile

The Enormous Crocodile

First edition
Author Roald Dahl
Illustrator Quentin Blake
Cover artist Quentin Blake
Language English
Genre Picture book, children's, short story
Publisher Jonathan Cape (London)
Publication date
 November 1, 1978
Media type Print (quarto hardback, paperback)
ISBN 0-224-01579-6
OCLC 4620532
LC Class PZ7.D1515 En 1978

The Enormous Crocodile is a 1978 children's story by Roald Dahl.

Synopsis

The story takes place in Africa where an enormous crocodile goes tramping through the jungle telling all the animals he's going to eat children. The animals tell him that it's a horrible thing to do and give him death threats but he tries to use his tricks to eat the tasty children nonetheless. However, every time he tries, the animals of the jungle save the children. Later on, Trunky the elephant kills the crocodile by swinging him around in the air by his tail and letting him go until he flies into the sky and crashes headlong into the Sun.

It is in the style of a picture book in contrast to Dahl's other books, illustrated by Quentin Blake. It was first published in 1978.

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