Where's Your Smile, Crocodile?

Where's Your Smile, Crocodile?

by Claire Freedman
illustrated by Sean Julian

Where's Your Smile, Crocodile? is a fun picture book about Kyle the crocodile as he goes on a journey to find his smile that he has lost. The story goes on to all the other animals in the forest as they perform silly antics in an attempt to cheer him up. In the end Kyle finds Little Lion Cub who is lost and helps him find his way home, in doing so Kyle seems to get his smile back. Young readers will have a great time with this book because as Kyle meets other animals such as Orange Monkey and Elephant they make many animal noises and do silly things. People young and old are able to relate to this because everybody just has a bad day now and then where they are down and this book gives the readers a strategy to use. When someone has a bad day one way of turning it around is help someone else and try to put a smile on their face just like Kyle did. The illustrations in the book are so bold, fun, and lively that is sure to keep the interest of all readers. One interesting idea that could be done in the classroom is to adapt this wonderful book into a play where students act out each part. Students would have a great time playing the Orange Monkey as she makes her angry face and her crazy face in her own attempt to make Kyle cheer up and put a smile back on his face. Over all a great book picture book that I plan to use in my young classroom.

Intended Age 3+