Arrivederci, crocodile, or, See you later alligator

First Title Value for Searching:

Personal Author:

Marcellino, Fred

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm.

General Note:

"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book."

Summary:

"A crocodile seeks revenge on Napoleon for taking him from his home, but instead becomes the talk of Venice high society."--

Subject Term:

Crocodiles -- Juvenile fiction.

Humorous stories

Additional Credits:

Puybaret, Éric

Audience/Lexile:

Interest age level: 4-8.

AD 580 L

Publication Info:

New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2019.

Subject:

Crocodiles -- Juvenile fiction.

Humorous stories

Venice (Italy) -- Juvenile fiction.

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Juvenile fiction.

Bonapart, Napoleon, 1769-1821

Bonāpārṭa, Nepoliyana, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Bonaparte, Napoleão, 1769-1821

Bonaparte, Napoleon, 1769-1821

Bonaparte, Napoleone, 1769-1821

Bonaparṭeh, Napolyon, 1769-1821

Būnābart, Nābuliyūn, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Buonaparte, Napoleon, 1769-1821

Na-pʻo-lun, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Nābuliyūn, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Napoleone I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Napʻolleong, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Napolun, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

נפוליאון

נפוליאון I, קיסר צרפת, 1769-1821

נפוליאון, I, קיסר הצרפתים, 1769־1821

بونابرت، نابليون، Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

نابليون I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Crocodylinae

Comic novels

Comic stories

Humorous fiction

Humorous stories -- Juvenile fiction

Bneci (Italy)

Mleci (Italy)

Mleti (Italy)

Venecia (Italy)

Venezia (Italy)

Venedig (Italy)

Venetik (Italy)

Venet͡sii͡a (Italy)

Velence (Italy)

Benetia (Italy)

Venetia (Italy)

Wenecja (Italy)

Venise (Italy)

Fenice (Italy)

Benetke (Italy)

Vinegia (Italy)

SAILS ISBN:

9781534404014

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Can a hungry crocodile trick--and eat!--his way through Italian high society? Pack away your pasta--Crocodile is heading to Italy in this long-awaited sequel to Fred Marcellino's award-winning I, Crocodile .

First that dastardly Napoleon kidnapped Crocodile from his beloved Egypt, then he dragged him to Paris to be gawked at, and THEN he tried to eat him ! Luckily our dear croc escaped, but while Parisian life may be glamorous, life in Paris's sewers is not. If only Napoleon had taken Crocodile to a more aquatic reptile-friendly city. Perhaps one with an excess of canals and better food...

"NAPOLEON TO TOUR ITALY: FIRST STOP, VENICE"

Surely Napoleon wouldn't mind if Crocodile hitched a ride out of Paris...

Will our crocodile find his perfect home amongst Italian high-society? Or will he be revealed as an impasta ? Pack away your pasta--Crocodile is heading to Italy in this long-awaited sequel to Fred Marcellino's award-winning I, Crocodile .

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Newbery Honoree Marcellino (Puss in Boots) had finished the text of this sequel to I, Crocodile but died before the illustrations were complete. After his death, Puybaret (Suite for Human Nature) was chosen to complete the work. The sequel opens as the Egyptian crocodile stews in a Paris sewer after escaping from Napoleon, who threatened to eat him-Puybaret paints the reptile chucking darts at Napoleon's portrait. Napoleon, he reads in the newspaper, is planning a trip to Venice, and the croc, pasta on the mind, decides to follow. In Venice's carnival atmosphere, the crocodile's appearance is taken as an artful costume. He is welcomed and praised ("Extraordinary outfit!... And that appetite! Very crocodile"), his attendance at the grand ball climaxing in a dance sequence with a harlequin-clad partner. When Napoleon appears, prepared to dispatch the croc after plundering the city of its treasure, the Venetians defend their guest. Puybaret shares Marcellino's knack for detailing costumes and architecture-spreads have the lively air of a marionette theater set-and the crocodile's bon vivant personality and the slapstick ending help create a lively telling. I, Crocodile was originally published in 1999, however, and some of the cultural references in this continuation, such as "Egyptian dances," feel out of step with current conversations about appropriation and exoticism. Ages 4-8. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Kirkus Review

This sequel to Marcellino's I, Crocodile (1999) follows the reptile as he emerges from hiding in the sewers of Paris to stow away on his former captor's Venice-bound caravan.The backstoryin which Napoleon snatched the crocodile out of Egyptis summarized on the first page. While the emperor is busy looting Venetian palaces, the protagonist realizes: "This town was made for a crocodile!" Between the ease of travel through the canals and the scent of "rag alla Bolognese," he is enraptured. Following his nose, he encounters masked revelers who delight in the authenticity of his costume and invite him to lunchand a ball. Suspense builds when the crocodile's nemesis appears just as the hero is drawn into a "catchy mazurka" with "a rather forward young lady" (ultimately, the crocodile's champion). Marcellino wrote the sparkling, witty, first-person narrative; created a dummy; and finished some watercolors before his untimely death in 2001. French illustrator Puybaret was recently invited to pick up the mantle. While each artist's style is unique, their toylike figures and complex architectural settings are simpatico, allowing Puybaret to honor the original style while remaining true to his own. The result is a seamless story as hilarious and high spirited as the first. The subtle coloring is artful; the pacingconstructed with thought bubbles, insets, and dramatic double spreadsis perfect.Venice's Grand Canal is a splendid stage for this smooth reptilian operator. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

The sequel to I, Crocodile (1999) picks right up with the crocodile hiding in the Paris sewers after narrowly escaping Napoleon's clutches. When he hears that Napoleon is touring Italy, he sneaks a ride with the caravan and soon arrives in Venice, where he's lured out of hiding by the smell of ragù alla Bolognese. Soon, costumed revelers commend him on his realistic crocodile costume and invite him to the grand ball in the palazzo, where he stuns them all with his dramatic flair for Egyptian dancing. When Napoleon interrupts the ball to seize him, the revelers come to the crocodile's aid and whisk him to safety. Puybaret seamlessly continues this book, as its creator died before its completion, using Marcellino's existing text, page layouts, and partial illustrations. Those involved in the project deserve to be commended for both its reverence to Marcellino's vision and its success as a unified piece of art. Everything, from the crocodile's familiar expressions to the wordless two-page spread of masked tango dancing to the subtle texture of the cover, is classy and striking.--Becca Worthington Copyright 2019 Booklist

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