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Lambert, Jonny

Let's All Creep Through Crocodile Creek

(2) PS Tortoise Shelly and Rabbit are skeptical of Mouse's shortcut through the "creepy, crooked creek": "Isn't that where the crocodiles live?" Self-assured Mouse states, "I've NEVER seen a crocodile in the creepy, crooked creek." Easy-to-parse double-page spreads humorously reveal what the text initially doesn't: the critters have been surrounded by "sneaky, snappy crocodiles" the whole time (even temporarily inside one's mouth). Lambert uses alliteration, rhyme, and repetition to great read-aloud effect.

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