Who Will Kiss the Crocodile?: A Snappy Twist on Sleeping Beauty

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Price
$17.99  $16.73
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Publish Date
Pages
32
Dimensions
9.84 X 11.18 X 0.39 inches | 1.05 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781680102840

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About the Author
Suzy Senior lives and works at the top of a huge hill in Sheffield. She lives with her family, a small gang of squeaky pets, and quite a lot of books. She loves writing picture books, making things rhyme, and eating jaffa cakes - ideally all at the same time!

Life for Claire Powell began in a cupboard under the stairs. Not as punishment like Harry Potter--it's where she went to draw. Before becoming an illustrator, Claire cut her teeth designing for many big-hitting brands, including Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation. She also animated an award-winning short film, "The Scapegoat." Claire lives and works in London in a studio just bigger than a cupboard.
Reviews
A snappy, rhyming retelling of "Sleeping Beauty."

Princess Liss' parents throw a ball for her first birthday, but they've left someone off the guest list, with the classic fairy-tale result: An angry fairy, with green wings and a purple dress, arrives uninvited and places a curse on the princess. In 15 years, Liss will bump her knee and die--and as an added twist, she will look like a crocodile until then. Another fairy, wearing a top hat and with orange wings, swoops in to modify the curse so the princess can be woken with a kiss. But who will kiss a crocodile, even a sleeping one? Three princes--two light-skinned, one Black--fight their way through the thorns but run screaming from Liss' sharp teeth. Neighbors call Clare and Katarina, of the Fix-It Crew, to tend to the castle's hedges. This tough duo are the ones to save the day, and Liss and her family celebrate with another ball. While Liss remains a passive character, this is a lively retelling. Every page bursts with bright color, and the rhyme scheme is a delight to read aloud. Princess Liss is light-skinned, her parents appear to be an interracial couple, and other characters are diverse in skin tone.

A fresh and fun fractured fairy tale. (Picture book. 4-8) --Kirkus Reviews