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Princess Cora and the Crocodile
Princess Cora and the Crocodile | Laura Amy Schlitz
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A Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Medalist join forces to give an overscheduled princess a day off — and a deliciously wicked crocodile a day on. Princess Cora is sick of boring lessons. She’s sick of running in circles around the dungeon gym. She’s sick, sick, sick of taking three baths a day. And her parents won’t let her have a dog. But when she writes to her fairy godmother for help, she doesn’t expect that help to come in the form of a crocodile—a crocodile who does not behave properly. With perfectly paced dry comedy, children’s book luminaries Laura Amy Schlitz and Brian Floca send Princess Cora on a delightful outdoor adventure — climbing trees! getting dirty! having fun! — while her alter ego wreaks utter havoc inside the castle, obliging one pair of royal helicopter parents to reconsider their ways.
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shendrix413
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I read this with my 5 and 7 year old daughters last night. It was super cute! I had told them we only had time for a couple of chapters, but I had to keep reading and find out more about the crocodile's shenanigans!

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The-dust-jacket
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We all need a day off in an oak tree now and then.

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Joanne1
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Busy, noisy, slightly chaotic family Easter celebration today, including an extensive Easter egg hunt and lots of chocolate. Wow, the children were on a major sugar high. As well as all that chocolate they also received some super cool PJs and some lovely books. Now I'm ready for a quiet evening to recover.

MommyWantsToReadHerBook Presents for Easter? Sure my daughter could get behind that one 7y
Joanne1 @MommyWantsToReadHerBook not so much chocolate this way. 7y
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brownekr
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I think I love this book? I really really wasn't expecting to.

I'm also really hoping someone writes a very long essay about what it tells us about gender and performativity.

I acknowledge that Brian Floca has a great technical-historical art style (Moonshot, Locomotive, etc.), but I kind of only want him to do funny books now.

Early chapter book, interesting trim size, probably a good readaloud.

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LizzyNanney
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In this book the castle's old prison/dungeon has been turned into a gym. How fitting.