The bigger crocodile leaves the big, deep, muddy river anyway, and announces his intention to first visit Humpy-Rumpy the hippopotamus on the river bank, then Trunky the elephant in the jungle, then Muggle Wump the monkey, and finally Roly-Poly Bird in his orange tree. He was a fighter pilot for the RAF during World War Two, and it was while writing about his experiences during this time that he started his career as an author. Grinning, the big crocodile responds: "I'm going to fill my hungry empty tummy with something yummy yummy yummy yummy!

In February 2023, Puffin Books, a division of Penguin Books, announced they would be re-writing portions of many of Roald Dahl's children's novels, changing the language to, in the publisher's words, "ensure that it can continue to be enjoyed by young readers of all ages today".

Overall, if this book isn't in your children's library (or your own), I would suggest you purchase it, you won't be disappointed. The four jungle animals are all feeling horrified and disgusted with the big crocodile, thereby insulting him on the spot, hoping that he will fail miserably and will himself be killed permanently, after which the reptile himself briefly and unsuccessfully attacks first Muggle-Wump the Monkey in his tree (filled with nuts) and Roly Poly Bird himself in his (newly-built) nest. Dahl gifted readers some of literature’s most abiding and wonderful characters, from the lovable dream-whispering, word-mangling giant, the BFG, to magical Matilda, chocolate-maker extraordinaire Willy Wonka and many more. Listen to THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices- plus added squelchy sound effects! Endlessly inventive and laugh-out- loud funny, Dahl’s stories reinvent the world for every new generation.

To find out what personal information we collect and how we use it, please visit our privacy policy. Later on, the big crocodile creeps over to a busy funfair where he eventually sees a "big roundabout", operated only by a human man who he does not at all know. Roald Dahl’s classic tale published for the first time in black and white in a collectable hardback edition. Part of the collectable Roald Dahl hardback set, published jointly by Puffin Books and Jonathan Cape. The accompanying audiobook of The Enormous Crocodile is narrated alternately on the audio cassette and compact disc by Roger Blake and Stephen Fry.The Roly-Poly Bird makes a surprising appearance in The Twits and he can also be seen in Dirty Beasts. The small crocodile objects, because real children taste "tough and chewy and nasty and bitter" in his opinion compared to real fish, and because of what happened the very last time the large crocodile ever tried to eat real human children. It's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations. A picture book written for younger readers than Dahl's other works, the story tells of a hungry crocodile who aims to eat human children via using various, not-quite-impenetrable disguises. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.