I'd Really Like to Eat a Child

by Sylviane Donnio
Illustrated by Dorothée de Monfreid
Translated by Leslie Martin

Published by Random House, 2007
24 pages
ISBN: 9780375837616

Ages 3-6

Achilles the baby crocodile suddenly has no interest in the bananas his parents usually feed him to grow big and strong, announcing that he’d really prefer to eat a child. His parents offer him sausage and chocolate cake to try to satisfy his appetite, but Achilles insists that he’s only hungry for one thing: a child. He sets off on his own, and indeed does find a small girl sitting on the riverbank. Yummy! The only problem is that Achilles is much smaller than she is, and she’s not the least bit intimidated by the cute, scrawny, teeny-tiny crocodile. The surprising, satisfying ending is made even funnier by the sudden change in scale when Achilles meets the child and goes from looking like a big, fierce crocodile to a small, harmless reptile that needs to eat a few more bananas. He comes to that same conclusion himself. © Cooperative Children's Book Center

	Hours \| Contact Us \| Site Index

	CCBC Bibliographies & Booklists Charlotte Zolotow Award Book of the Week CCBC Specialized Information CCBC Book Discussions CCBC - Net Awards & Best-of-the-Year Lists Review Journals I'd Really Like to Eat a Child by Sylviane Donnio Illustrated by Dorothée de Monfreid Translated by Leslie Martin Published by Random House, 2007 24 pages ISBN: 9780375837616 Ages 3-6 Achilles the baby crocodile suddenly has no interest in the bananas his parents usually feed him to grow big and strong, announcing that he’d really prefer to eat a child. His parents offer him sausage and chocolate cake to try to satisfy his appetite, but Achilles insists that he’s only hungry for one thing: a child. He sets off on his own, and indeed does find a small girl sitting on the riverbank. Yummy! The only problem is that Achilles is much smaller than she is, and she’s not the least bit intimidated by the cute, scrawny, teeny-tiny crocodile. The surprising, satisfying ending is made even funnier by the sudden change in scale when Achilles meets the child and goes from looking like a big, fierce crocodile to a small, harmless reptile that needs to eat a few more bananas. He comes to that same conclusion himself. © Cooperative Children's Book Center