Even though I read this in Dutch, I will write the review in English. :)I saw on the website of my library that this book is the Picture Book of 2014 and will be used for a lot of activities for little kids. So I just had to have it and immediately reserved it at my library.Now that I have read it, I have to say, it was a wonderful book, but the ending was a bit... well anti-climatic and lame. I expected a bit more. Like a battle or them falling in love or something else, but not that. Maybe that our dear crocodile would have learned a lesson. So yeah, that is why it is a 4 star instead of 5.Also not sure how it is for the English language books, but here it just got annoying that it mostly started with Krrrrr....okodil! Which also got a bit lame after 2 times.But other than those things, well the illustrations were gorgeous, colourful and I really loved looking at time. Also that they used a lot of synonyms for words. Like one said he was mean, others said he was a bully and so on.In short, I would really recommend this book to everyone! Read it. :) This is probably a two star story, but the illustrations are really beautiful and I loved how many expressions she was able to give a crocodile. However, the story is just not up to par. Basically, an annoying crocodile has chased off everyone in the jungle with his behavior. No one wants to hang out with him. So he finds another annoying crocodile and they run off to annoy the jungle creatures together. Not sure what kind of message this is trying to send exactly.
What do You think about Krrrr... Okodil! (2012)?
Not for reading aloud to a group. Nice pictures.
—Katie
