Audiobook8 minutes
I, Crocodile
Written by Fred Marcellino
Narrated by Tim Curry
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
An Egyptian crocodile who catches the fancy of the esteemed Emperor Napoleon becomes an instant celebrity in a fancy fountain in Paris. But when someone in the kitchen starts singing the praises of crocodile pie, the resourceful and very hungry reptile escapes by sewer.
Author
Fred Marcellino
Fred Marcellino, the renowned and beloved artist and illustrator, won a Caldecott Honor for his first full-color picture book, Puss in Boots. He began his career in children’s literature with Tor Seidler’s A Rat’s Tale in 1985, and followed with many other classics such as I, Crocodile and The Steadfast Tin Soldier.
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Reviews for I, Crocodile
Rating: 3.5675676540540535 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
37 ratings7 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lounging around on his comfortable mudbank in Egypt, a self-satisfied crocodile is suddenly netted up and carried away to France. The Emperor Napoleon has ordered him placed on display in Paris as a trophy! At first all the attention is nice, but what’s a hungry crocodile to eat in this strange place?It’s a wickedly funny tale delightfully illustrated by the author.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary: A crocodile narrates his journey from living the life in Egypt to being hauled off by Napolean as a trophy rom his conquest. He mostly focuses on food, but obviously is enamoured then disillusioned with being a trophy. Under threat of being eaten himself, he escapes to the Parisian sewers.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This story is told through the Crocodile's point of view. He lives in Egypt but is shipped to France to be in a different exhibit. When he was back at home he was loving all the attention that he was getting but where he is now, he misses the food he used to eat and how he was treated. When the people stopped being interested in his performance, he stopped what he was doing because he was going to become dinner. He lived in the sewers in Paris and the new diet he was on was going to eat people. I don't think this would be appropriate to read to small children because they might get scared of the alligator eating people.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I, Crocodile was a story about a happy crocodile who lived in Egypt. He was very lazy and spoiled. He never had to work for his meals and he had a variety of a diet. On August 17, 1799 Napoleon came to Egypt and captured the wild crocodile. After two weeks of sailing the crocodile arrived in Paris. His new home was in a fountain. The crocodile did not mind because he was the center of attention. However, the attention did not last long for the crocodile. After awhile Napoleon decided to kill the crocodile and eat him for dinner. On the day the crocodile was supposed to be killed Napoleon had a ballooning mishap. Crocodile used this to his advantage to escape. He crawled through a sewer hole and lived in the sewers. This book is a great example of fantasy because crocodiles cannot talk. However, the use of history and Napoleon can make this book a little believable.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A crocodile is taken from Egypt by Napoleon, and turned into a Parisian entertainment. When the crocodile fad passes, the beast escapes into the sewers and provides its entertainment (and food) from among the Parisians. Grown-ups will appreciate this book on a different level than kids -- the Napoleonic history and the mordant humor. In fact, I'm not sure exactly how well this book works for the picture-book crowd, but it's definitely entertaining in a Shel Silverstein-kind of way for the adult parents.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Genre: FantasyMedia: water colorAge Appropriateness: PrimaryPlot: person(animal) against societyCharacterization: The crocodile is a flat and static character. He has one goal in life, to eat. Amidst everything that happens to him the only thing he can think of is to eat and what to eat. We know nothing about him except that he likes to eat and he does not change throughout the book.Review: This is a good book of Fantasy because Crocodiles do not talk. However, the historical aspect of the story, with Napoleon, makes it very believalbe.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Comical memoir of a charismatic croc, detailing his tribulations at the hands of Napoleon and subsequent revenge on Paris society. Full of delectable dandyish vocab which compels exuberance when reading aloud.