book is about a crocodile who thinks that he owns the rive and doesn't allow the other creatures to bathe or drink from his river, One day the creatures were woken up by loud groaning, thinking someone got caught by the crocodile but it turns out it was the crocodile, The crocodile is helped by the mouse who pulled out hi tooth to stop the pain he was having,
The pictures in the book are bright and engaging, The book also focuses don't judge a book by it's cover which is a good message to teach children, It also sends a good message in how important it is to share, This story talks about emotion selfish but also the emotions of the other animals, Showing children how others might feel if your being selfish, This is shown through the animals not helping the crocodile when he was in pain, The story also breaks stereotypes because the mouse is portrayed as brave, this can help children with identity, Great for PSHE.
I thought this was a lovely tale about a crocodile behaving incredibly selfishly towards the other animals who want to share his living space, Of course, a mouse teaches him that it's okay to depend on others and even to spend time with others without being rude, I think that's a lesson a lot of people need to learn! I loved the artwork with this one, particularly the crocodile, I am a herpetophile anyway so I do love crocs, This is soemthing to return to again in the future! All the animals in the forest were banished from the river by the selfish crocodile, He told the animals it was his river and threatened that any animal who entered will be eaten, Then one day the crocodile was in need of a helping hand, He cried out in pain with toothache, A daring mouse darted into his mouth and pulled out the troublesome tooth, From that day on, the crocodile changed his ways, he welcomed all his new friends to join him in the river, This book is suitable for KSand KSat storytime or independant reading, This story teaches children the importance of sharing or to initiate a discussion about bullying, I would happily use this book as a resource in my classroom, Genre: Picture Book
Grade Level: Early Primary/Primary K
The selfish crocodile was very mean to the forest creatures, He did not want to share the river with them and threatened them every day to stay out of the water, He was mean until he needed someone to help him, A tiny forest animal helped him when he was in a lot of pain, Because of this kindness the selfish crocodile decided to treat everyone nicely, It is very important to teach children that a little kindness goes a long way, If the tiny forest creature was mean because the crocodile was mean first don't you just love hearing that! the crocodile would still be in pain, Ruleis treat others the way you want to be treated,ofLOVE THIS BOOK! This is by far my favorite book I have read this past week, It sends a powerful message of the toll that instilling fear on others takes not only on yourself but those around you as wel, It also sends apowerful message about bravery and kindnesss, and the differences it can make in everyday life, I like the message of the book being that selfishness of the crocodile came from the free of the other animals until he was educated about what and who they were.
This would help with the beginning of the year to bring the kids the idea of being open minded and less nervous with meeting the knew kids in the school or just getting used to the classroom as a whole.
KSloved this book. good story. good illustrations
ideas:
reciprocity importance of having friends, giving to others and being caring
being nasty drives others away
some difficult, negative people don't realise they are their own worst enemy, the other animals may have wanted him to die because he was mean and if he was gone they could use the river
sometimes the most difficult people are sad and depressed and angry for a lot of reasons and they are in need of love too and are actually able to be helped 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.
They are frightened of the crocodile, Even the fish, tadpoles, frogs, crabs and crayfish stay out of the water, Until one day the creatures are woken by a loud groaning sound which turns out to be the selfish crocodile in a lot of pain, and the smallest of them all, a little mouse, finds a way to solve their snappy dilemma!
Celebrateyears of the classic The Selfish Crocodile with this anniversary edition! Astoundingly bright, bold illustrations bring to life all the wonderful creatures of the forest in a rainbow of colours.
This story is not exactly original, about a mouse that helps a crocodile with a bad tooth, but the pictures were engaging and colorful, My littlest one loved this book, particularly the final page with all of the animals swimming around in the water, A story about a crocodile that wants to be left alone, and to keep the river all to himself, This is fine until he gets toothache, when he needs help from another animal, After this he sees the benefits of sharing the river with the others and everyone lives happily, A morality tale, told in a fun way, with bright and interesting illustrations, You can tell what emotions the animals are feeling from their expressions, and children would have fun interpreting these emotions, The Selfish Crocodile connects to the classic story of the lion and the mouse, A crocodile has been bullying many of the other animals until he learns the importance and necessity of depending on others, He overcomes his personality flaws, for the most part, to become accepting and inclusive with the other animals, A great text to connect to social interaction, the importance of peer support, problem/solution, and character development, Some of the phrasing can be clumsy, However, the story is a good read with expressive language and great illustrations, I love the details to the scales of the crocodile, The illustrations are very well done, The pictures are full of vibrant colors, The pencil stokes can be seen in some of there illustrations which helps the reader to feel the emotion, The story follows a selfish crocodile that ran everyone away from his river, He didn't't want anyone to drink or bathe in his river, He threatened the other creatures to stay away, They stayed away out of fear of being eaten, One day they heard a loud groan, The crocodile was in pain, The other animals too close to him but not too close, They watched him as he was in pain, Finally a mouse crawls up the crocodile and into his mouth, The mouse helped the crocodile by pulling out his broken tooth, The mouse and crocodile became really good friends, He learns how to share his river with the other creatures, This is a great book to show kids the fact of being selfish, Because the crocodile was selfish and scared away all the other creatures none of them wanted to help him when he had an issue, This would be a great party shall children why it is good to treat people kindly and share, This story is precious and essential to elementary classroom shelves, The story talks about a very large, scary and selfish crocodile that is very territorial over their river, He warns all the other animals that if they come near his river he will bite them or attack them, All the animals are scared of him and walk miles away to the next river to drink any water, One day the crocodile snaps his tooth on a twig and begins crying through the entire jungle for anyone to help him, All the animals stay far away knowing not to trust the selfish crocodile, One very small, brave mouse runs up the crocodiles body and into his mouth to pull out the cracked tooth, All the other animals thought the crocodile was sure to eat the little brave mouse, The crocodile was very thankful of the mouse and was given a nut to eat as a reward for helping him, After some time the crocodile realizes how boring his life has become being all alone, He changes his selfish ways by offering the river to all the other animals, The crocodile says, "Please come to drink and bathe in the river! I won't hurt you! The river belongs to all of us!", The other creatures were no longer afraid and although the crocodile was sometimes grumpy they learned to love him,
The major themes here are friendship, selfishness/selflessness, compassion, empathy and emotions, This book can be used in many ways in a classroom perspective it can teach the students about being compassionate to those in need and you never know what may happen as well as being friendly to all so that you don't grow a bad reputation like the selfish crocodile had grown.
This book uses many great words that could be discussed as a vocabulary lesson: such as selfish, peeked, appeared, chattered, brave, crept, hush, astonished, enormous and invitation etc, Faustin Charles was born in Trinidad inand his passion for writing started when he was still at school, As there are no publishing houses in the Caribbean, he came to the conclusion that he would have to move to Britain or the United States in order to have a career.
He has been regularly published sincebut has not confined his talents to the written word, . He is passionate about the culture, myths and folktales of the whole Caribbean area and has worked tirelessly to promote knowledge, interest and understanding amongst ex patriots and his adopted countrymen alike.
He has been the Community Literacy Officer in Enfield sinceand has encouraged many youngsters to realise the richness and pleasure of the written word, He undert Faustin Charles was born in Trinidad inand his passion for writing started when he was still at school, As there are no publishing houses in the Caribbean, he came to the conclusion that he would have to move to Britain or the United States in order to have a career.
He has been regularly published sincebut has not confined his talents to the written word, . He
is passionate about the culture, myths and folktales of the whole Caribbean area and has worked tirelessly to promote knowledge, interest and understanding amongst ex patriots and his adopted countrymen alike.
He has been the Community Literacy Officer in Enfield sinceand has encouraged many youngsters to realise the richness and pleasure of the written word, He undertakes freelance engagements of storytelling and poetry reading and has enjoyed such diverse appointments as a creative writing fellowship at Warwick University and the writer in residence at Wormwood Scrubs.
He is a charismatic and compelling storyteller touring schools and community venues, He has published three collections of poetry and his work is in all the major anthologies of Caribbean verse, He has published two adult novel Sign Posts of the Jumbie and The Black Magic Man of Brixton, More recently he has built a successful career as a writer for children, publishing both poems and stories with publishing houses such as Longmans, Penguin and Bloomsbury, His The Selfish Crocodile has now sold over,copies, 'Faustin Charles offers an utterance of his own, which promises to push the frontier of West Indian expression in poetry one understanding further on' Kamau Brathwaite, 'Faustin Charles' work seems to me outstandingly successful in capturing certain essentially West Indian qualities the mixture of European and African cultures, of the bizarre and the beautiful, the grotesque and the sinister.
The "climate of the heart", which West Indians know of but cannot always communicate, speaks clearly and delicately in his work, ' Edward Lucie Smith. sitelink.