Prize-winning illustrator Catherine Rayner fills her pages with big animals. This time it is Solomon the crocodile with great big teeth who wants to play - but Solomon’s idea of play is rather different from everyone else. Solomon charges and stalks - “Uh oh” - no one wants to play with him! But then someone turns up who wants to play just like Solomon…
Reviewed by Julia Eccleshare M.B.E Julia Eccleshare has a lifetime of working within children’s books as a critic, an editor, an author and a commentator. More reviews by Julia Eccleshare M.B.E
About Solomon Crocodile
Poor Solomon is looking for some fun but no one wants to play. The dragonflies tell him to buzz off, the storks get in a flap, and the hippo? Well, the less said about the hippo, the better! But then somebody else starts causing trouble . . . and for once it is NOT Solomon. Could it be the perfect pal for a lonely crocodile?
Poor Solomon is looking for some fun but no one wants to play. The dragonflies tell him to buzz off, the storks get in a flap, and the hippo? Well, the less said about the hippo, the better! But then somebody else starts causing trouble . . . and for once it is NOT Solomon. Could it be the perfect pal for a lonely crocodile?
Solomon Crocodile is a snappy, happy, fun story with stunning artwork from the Kate Greenaway award-winning Catherine Rayner.
"The illustration in this book is simply gorgeous" - Daily Mail
"Catherine Rayner's illustrations are, as always, simply brilliant" - Literacy Time Plus
"Catherine's drawings of the large moose and his small friend with their ever-changing expressions are wonderful" - The Scotsman
Author
About Catherine Rayner
Catherine Rayner was born in Harrogate and now lives in Edinburgh. She has a BA Hons in Visual Communication and Illustration from Leeds College of Art and Edinburgh College of Art. Much of her inspiration – and occasionally modelling! – for her illustration comes from her pets: her horse Shannon, guinea pig Marvin, dog Ellie, cat Emma and two goldfish, Bruce and Sheila. Catherine was shortlisted for the Booktrust Early Years Award Best New Illustrator in 2006, and she won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in 2009.
Julia Eccleshare, the editorial expert on Lovereading4kids says, Prize winning illustrator Catherine Rayner has created stunning picture books introducing delightful characters including Harris, a hare with exceptionally large feet and Ernest, a moose who is determined to get himself into a book – no mean feat when you are too big to fit in the pages. Gorgeous, warmly coloured large scale pictures lie at the heart of Catherine’s work.
Poor Solomon is looking for some fun but no one wants to play. The dragonflies tell him to buzz off, the storks get in a flap, and the hippo?
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Solomon Crocodile and determined it is suitable for children aged 0-4 years old
Solomon Crocodile features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Recommendations, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Books for Babies and Toddlers, Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Animal Stories
Paperback, Board book, Hardback. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. In Stock.
Solomon Crocodile was written by Catherine Rayner and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Solomon Crocodile has 32 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.
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