ie They are NOT coming from overseas !!
NEVER SMILE AT A CROCODILE
- By Jack Lawrence & Frank Churchill -
* Illustrated by Shane Devries
ISBN: 9781743627372
Publisher: Scholastic Australia, Gosford, N.S.W
Published: 2014
Binding: HARDcover 23 pages PLUS CD!
Condition: UNread & displayed condition! HERE in MELBOURNE! A retired display
copy as illustrated!
Edition: FIRST Scholastic EDITION: 1st printing
TIGHT, SCARCE HARDCOVER .... WITH CD! ~ IN MELBOURNE ...
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Remains UNread - it was the display copy instore . It is Tight - neat, no inscriptions or marks within. Appears as in my photos - this is the exact copy!! A nicely preserved copy - superb!
No discernible shelf wear, the interior is tight and spotlessly clean with 23 pages. THIS copy is the FIRST EDITION: First printing from 2014 - the Australian publishing by Scholastic Australia, Gosford, N.S.W. Gloriously illustrated endpapers.
There are many superb fun full color illustrations by Shane Devries.
CrAzY SCARCE title - this is an UNread copy!!
and .. AND we also have Shane DeVries illustrated " The Lions Sleeps Tonight " + CD 🎶 by Luigi Creatore, Solomon Linda ... & others! SEE LAST PHOTO!!
In original pictorial HARDcover binding and INCLUDING THE CD , in publisher's covers which are in excellent condition. CD has a clear pocket on the first endpaper.
(Stored with 2021!)
Bigger book - it measures approx. 11 x 11¾ inches or 27 x 30cms
SYNOPSIS ....
🎼 Never smile at a crocodile, no, you
can’t get friendly with a crocodile. 🎶
Don’t be taken in by his welcome grin,
He’s imagining how well you’d fit within his skin! 🎹
Don’t be taken in by his welcome grin,
he’s imagining how well you’d fit within his skin!
* Never Smile at a Crocodile was originally composed for the movie Peter Pan, and since then, has been a favourite of children the world over.
Shane Devries’s amazing oil paintings capture a luscious landscape where three animal friends travel amidst crocodile-ridden swamps, jungles, cityscapes and circus arenas, never quite safe, never quite alone, and most certainly never, ever, to smile at Mr Crocodile...well, everyone that is, except for the daredevil monkey!
CD in pocket inside front cover.
"A Scholastic Australia book".
"Sing along with Jay Laga'aia!" - Cover.
The best-loved song is now a beautiful hardback book to treasure forever. Includes CD with recording by popular actor/singer Jay Laga’aia.
About the Illustrator
Shane DeVries is an illustrator born in Adelaide, Australia. He began working as an architectural illustrator and now creates visual development art for animation productions and illustrates books.
Shane has collaborated with best-selling author Tom Fletcher to illustrate The Christmasaurus, which became the biggest debut middle-grade novel of 2016, and The Creakers.
He has illustrated a number of books for acclaimed South Australian author Phil Cummings including, ‘Boy’ (Winner of the Children’s Peace Literature Award 2017, Notable Book 2018 and was shortlisted for Book of the Year in the Early Childhood category).
Very Entertaining read!
Reviews
FIVE STARS .. This is gorgeous . …
Since 1962 children have been listening, and singing along to this song, warning of the dangers of smiling at a crocodile, for fear of being eaten by him. Now Scholastic Australia, and 8llustrator Shane Devries have brought the song to life in this gorgeous hard cover picture book.
The lyrics are brought to life by three cute characters – a monkey, a rabbit and guinea pig/hamster – along with a supporting cast including frogs, elephants and more, including, of course, crocodiles. An accompanying music CD includes a recording of the song (performed by Jay Laga’aia), plus an instrumental version suitable for singing along, or classroom use. This is gorgeous .
This is one of those books . …. We loved the pace of the book and we even played the CD more times.
PLAY IT AGAIN .. AND AGAIN .... I was really excited to see we had been sent the book Never Smile at a Crocodile by Scholastic. It really caught my eye. The cover is full of fun, imaginative illustrations and I was so pleased to see it come with a bonus CD.
I sat down to read this book and my 3 children quickly gathered around as I read through the book. They were all really drawn to the story line and enjoyed viewing the beautiful illustrations on each page. The illustrations are all amazing oil painting, that really do stand out and make you want to read the book over and over to view the pictures.
The whole book is a song that rhymes throughout. The song is repeated twice which is good, as it is really catchy and children love repetitiveness. I found the book really fun to read, and had the children singing along with me as I flipped the pages. The bonus CD has the song "Never Smile at a Crocodile" sung by Jay Laga'aia and also just the instrumental version of the song. Even the CD is eye catching with beautiful illustrations and gorgeous colours.
My children are all 4 and under so when purchasing a book, I'm more likely to buy a board book as opposed to a paperback so big plus for me that this is a strong board book. I also see this book is only $15, which I think is an awesome book for a fun to read book for all ages. And you received the bonus CD. I would definitely be happy to purchase this book in the future and would definitely recommend it to friends and family as it really is a great, fun read that will have you wanting to read the book over and over.
Sometimes a book is just beautiful! ... This is one of those books. There's nothing particularly amazing about the prose - it is, after all, simply the lyrics, wim-o-weh's and all. But the illustrations are so gorgeously evocative and sumptuous, you just want to touch and enjoy. And the CD! Oh my goodness - this is stunning!
We just love it! .... Being a Mum to a 3 year old and a teacher who works with babies a lot of the time, I am always on the lookout for new children's books based around the children's interests, and ones that really capture the children's attention making them fun to read over and over. CD books are a hit with Miss and also with all of her daycare friend's so when I saw this book come up for review I decided it looked like a great book worth reviewing, as one of the children's favourite mat time songs is '10 little monkey's swinging in the tree' a song where Mr crocodile snaps the monkeys, and so I thought that they would love this new version about both monkeys and crocodiles.
When I introduced this book to the preschoolers during rest time they got rather excited, especially when they realised that it came with a CD. Right from the start this book was an instant hit, so much so that we played it 3 times over right then and there, it didn't take long at all for them to cotton on to some of the catchy words to the song and soon they were joining in singing "never smile at a crocodile". It turned out that one of the teachers I work with absolutely loves this book and has her own copy at home, so she was a pro at singing along to the book as she knew the tune perfectly unlike me! The tune is very catchy and I love the tones used in Jay Laga'aia voice as he performs the story and also the music and sound effects used are quite dramatic and very well suited to the story.
The pictures in the book are just gorgeous, done in oil paintings, the colours in the background are so well blended and really set the setting of a swamp, jungle and a circus places where you would expect to find crocodiles, monkeys and rabbits, the main animals in the book. The pictures really portray the whole idea of trying NOT to smile with the animals clenching their teeth together in most of the pictures, Miss 3 loved this and has spent ages practicing how not to smile over the past couple of weeks, apparently getting practice in for when we visit Australia next year and happen to come across crocodiles!
Needless to say this is another great book from Scholastic, one which I can see being read over and over both at work and at home, best of all I love the fact that it is a board book which makes it great for using with my under 2 year olds as they are unable to tear the pages. With so many little monkeys and crocodiles appearing at work suddenly I'm sure this is to be a well requested book, which already has been given the thumbs up from all staff and children, we just love it!
Marvellous Reading!
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