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François, André

Crocodile Tears

40 pp. | Enchanted Lion | March, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59270-227-5 $16.95
(3) K-3 Translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick. After a man accuses a boy (presumably his son) of crying crocodile tears, the boy wants the phrase unpacked. The man's amusingly roundabout explanation, featuring modest little scenes that could belong in the Nutshell Library, begins with instructions for catching a crocodile: one needs "a LONG WOODEN BOX" (pointedly conjured by the horizontal book's long, narrow shape) and "a boat bound for Egypt."
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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