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Crazy Croc

The people

Writers and pictures

Written by

Simon Jones and Sophie Amphlett

A children’s novel about talking crocodiles who have moved into Florida — and the humans who are not sure what to do about it. Jones and Amphlett write the crocs as people: hungry, loyal, easily bored, and better at friendship than most of the adults.

Pictures by

Sophie Levit

Levit’s drawings carry the book: the pool, Sid’s stall, the pink dress, the zoo, and the Cadillac on the way home. Bold outlines, Florida colour, and faces that look like they are about to speak.

Published by

Thomas Amphlett

Amphlett is putting Crazy Croc into the world: the website, the edition, and the release. The story and the drawings are not his. Getting the book to readers is.

Salim leading Crazy Croc out of Sunnyside Zoo

For readers who like a long story, a loud joke, and a picture on the next page.

Read the opening chapter