"For my lunch today", he said, I would like a nice JUICY little child."

The Enormous Crocodile is planning what to have for his lunch.

He's the greediest croc in the whole river, and he wants to eat something juicy and delicious.

But what can the greedy grumptious brute guzzle up?

Beware! He's looking for someone to feast upon... someone who looks a lot like YOU!


The text in this edition of The Enormous Crocodile was updated in 2022 for young independent readers.

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.