Picture Books
Crocodaddy
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Celebrate the imagination—and the love between father and son—with a fun, rhyming, and totally original picture book. On a hot summer’s day, a young boy playfully sets out on a “crocodaddy hunt” in the lake. Following the creature’s shadow, dark and wet, he’s soon taking a wild ride on the grinning croc’s back. And when they leave the water, something wonderful happens: Crocodaddy transforms into…just DADDY. Bright, energetic illustrations (complete with wily crocodile in Dad’s swim trunks) highlight the story’s humor and warmth.
Kim Norman has over 25 years’ experience as a singer, dancer, storyteller, and comedic actress. She co-produced The Eyewitness Radio Show, a touring children's production for which she wrote original songs, poems and stories. As an instructor for Skipping Stones Creative Drama Workshops, Kim spends several weeks each summer teaching children how to develop their dramatic skills. Her first picture book was Jack of All Tails (Dutton, 2007), and her poem “Mirror O'er the Sink” appeared in Rolling in the Aisles (Meadowbrook, 2004), an anthology that also includes the verses of Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky. David Walker worked for Hallmark Cards as an art director. He now has his own studio in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he does freelance illustration. He is the illustrator of Little Monkey Says Good Night (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2003), text by Ann Whitford Paul, and Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! (Harry N. Abrams, 2005), text by Susan Meyers, which received a Booklist starred review.