It's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations. 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.

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". You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. 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. 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. 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. To find out what personal information we collect and how we use it, please visit our privacy policy.

He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration. The dizzy enormous crocodile flies diagonally through Earth's stratosphere, and through the Universe. From his iconic illustrations of The BFG and Matilda to Mr Stink with birds and beasts of all shapes and sizes along the way, Roald Dahl’s favourite illustrator Quentin Blake has been making us smile for more than half a century. 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.Some of his better-known works include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The Witches, and The BFG. With a chance to save the day, Trunky the Elephant marches through the jungle into the Picnic Place. The Enormous Crocodile is a horrid greedy grumptious brute who loves to guzzle up little boys and girls.

This foul fiend - the greediest croc in the whole river - wants to eat something juicy and delicious. Grinning, the big crocodile responds: "I'm going to fill my hungry empty tummy with something yummy yummy yummy yummy!It encourages people of all shapes and sizes (represented as children, hippos, elephants, monkeys etc. From exactly the same table, the (now very hungry) crocodile sneakily takes away one of the place's long benches and hides the long bench itself in one of the many clumps of bushes in the area before disguising himself as a wooden four-legged bench using all four of his stiff legs, hoping to eat four children, ("two boys and two girls") who are all going out "on a picnic together", but is annoyingly discovered by Trunky the Elephant. The accompanying audiobook of The Enormous Crocodile is narrated alternately on the audio cassette and compact disc by Roger Blake and Stephen Fry.