Princess Cora and the Crocodile

Name: Princess Cora and the Crocodile
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 2 (3 reviews)
Author: Laura Amy Schlitz
ISBN: 9781501959134

Author: Laura Amy Schlitz

Narrator: Davina Porter

Unabridged: 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/28/2017

Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

A Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Medalist join forces to give an overscheduled princess a day off - and a deliciously wicked crocodile a day on. Princess Cora is sick of boring lessons. She's sick of running in circles around the dungeon gym. She's sick, sick, sick of taking three baths a day. And her parents won't let her have a dog. But when she writes to her fairy godmother for help, she doesn't expect that help to come in the form of a crocodile-a crocodile who does not behave properly. With perfectly paced dry comedy, children's book luminaries Laura Amy Schlitz and Brian Floca send Princess Cora on a delightful outdoor adventure - climbing trees! getting dirty! having fun! - while her alter ego wreaks utter havoc inside the castle, obliging one pair of royal helicopter parents to reconsider their ways.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hannah

Princess Cora's parents are determined to ensure their daughter is prepared to one day be Queen, so they force her to follow a strict schedule of lessons, exercise, and bathing. But Cora is tired of being bored and longs to have a dog to play with. She writes to her fairy godmother, asking for a dog......more

Goodreads review by Betsy

What if. What if Good Night Moon had been illustrated by someone other than Clement Hurd? What if. What if Charlotte’s Web had had an artist who wasn’t Garth Williams? What if. What if Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz hadn’t been illustrated by Brian Floca? That’s a lot of “what......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn

Confession: I have a deep and abiding love for Laura Amy Schlitz. So when I heard rumblings about Princess Cora & the Crocodile--the first early-mid grade novel Ms. Schlitz’s published since 2010’s Night Fairy--my excitement level was at a 20. Think The Office’s Stanley on Pretzel Day. Or Parks & Re......more