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Title: I'd Really Like to Eat a Child (Picture Book)
ISBN: 0375837612
Author:
Sylviane Donnio
Publicate Date: 2007-04-24
Publish: 2007-04-24
List Price: $14.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Hardcover
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1: Excellent storytime fare!
Little Achilles the crocodile is asserting his first stabs at independence to his parents--he turns into a finicky eater and demands some grown-up food. "But we eat bananas for breakfast," his mother entreats. Achilles' parents try to entice him with his favorite foods: chocolate cake (sneakily made with lots of fresh milk) or a long sausage. The parents theatrically pretend it's a disaster: "Boo-hoo-hoo! Our Achilles won't eat" and let the youngster test the waters of his individual power. "Achilles was beginning to feel strange and rather weak all over--which is exactly what happens when you haven't eaten your breakfast," so he heads off for a swim where he spies a little girl. Expounding all his ferociousness to the little girl, Achilles comes across as ridiculously little and cute. The girl grabs him by the tale, tickles his belly, gets bored and splunks him in the river. Achilles goes home to eat his bananas, and look forward to the day he is big enough to eat a child. This is excellent storytime fare from a French author and illustrator team. Do not overlook the fun this story brings forth!
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2: Great Child's Book
Our daughter really loves this humorous book! The story is funny and the illustrations are really great! This book is especially a good choice for kids that are picky eaters because it shows in a humorous way that kids can relate too, the importance of eating your food.
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3: eating child doesn't seem like the healthiest meal
I have very mixed feelings about this book. The story is simple enough, about a crocodile who wants to eat a girl and his parent crocodiles who try to convince him otherwise, but he goes out on his own to try to find a child anyways. It has such weird things in it like the fact that normally the crocodiles eat bananas. However the illustrations are fun and the crocodiles look so cute, toothy grins aside and the girl is pretty. But she is more daring than safe. And I don't like all of the messages that are being sent (the girl ends up playing rather roughly with the crocodile of her own accord before he even tries to eat her) that I can't recommend this book.
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4: very good
This book is great for those of us with a bit of tongue in cheek sense of humor. Luckily, I'm passing that along to my kids and they think this is rather hilarious.
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5: Sooooooooo cute!
A cute, hilarious, innocent book about a little crocodile named Achilles who decides he wants to hunt down little children, even though his parents keep telling him to eat bananas for breakfast if he wants to grown big and strong. Achilles is a very loveable character, and the punchline to the story is lots of fun. If you enjoyed this one, you might also want to check out Mo Willems' "Leonardo The Terrible Monster," which has a similar plot and an equally adorable hero. (ReadThatAgain!)
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