Los Cocodrilos Copiones

by David Bedford, Emily Bolam (Illustrator)

Cocodrilo tiene una gran imaginación y siempre se le ocurren las cosas más divertidas. Pero Cocodrilo también tiene un gran problema. No importa lo que haga, los otros cocodrilos del lago lo siguen para todos lados y lo copian de él. ¿Qué podrá hacer para escapar de los copiones? Y cuando logre escapar ¿Se divertirá él solo?

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Storytime, Animals

28 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2003

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

David Bedford has a BS and PhD in Biology. He gave up biology in 1997 to write full time.

Reviews

[Hypatia's Dream · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este cuento integrado con tiernas y coloridas ilustraciones resalta la importancia de saber divertirse en soledad y también compartiendo con los demás, nunca dejar de ser auténtico y hacer lo que nos gusta de manera sana.

[Robin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story. Love the last illustration!

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun story. Illustrations are ok.

[Jennifer B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very fun story with bright colors about how it feels to be surrounded by copycats, or crocs, in this case.

[Viviane Elbee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Croc keeps getting followed all the other crocs, and can’t get a moment alone.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bedford, D., & Bolam, E. (2004). The copy crocs. Atlanta: Peachtree.

Picture Book Soak

This book reminded me of the term copycats but of course it must have to do with crocodiles. So I was curious to read the book and see what it was all about. The story involves a character named Crocodile who has lived his whole life in the same pool with other crocodiles. He feels crowded and finally gets tired of not having enough room to move around and finds other places to go. But when he gets to the different places he discovers the other crocodiles have followed him. Crocodile finally gets fed up and asks the other crocs why they keep copying him? Their response is because he keeps “doing new and fun things” and he can’t tell them what to do. When Crocodile ends up back at the pool and he is the only one, he realizes how lonely he is and wishes his friends were with him. He decides he likes living in the pool with his friends, but sometimes he can get away to do something on his own. This would be a good book for students to read and learn that’s it alright to want to spend time with family and friends but sometimes they might want to spend some time alone and that’s OK. I enjoyed reading the book because I have felt like Crocodile at least once in my life. The illustrations are very colorful and playful and help to tell a very cute story!

[Alyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a crocodile that is tired of sharing his space with other crocodiles. He tries to run away from them but they always follow him and copy what ever it is that he is doing. This story reminded me of both of my sons. My oldest hates how his youngest brother follows him around and copies him so I was hoping this book would teach my oldest why his brother likes to follow and copy him. Unfortunately my oldest didn't get the message of this book.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an entertaining book about individuality and the tendency for others to copy someone or something that is new, different or innovative.

The narrative is short and repetitive and the illustrations are colorful and cartoonish. I think that it would be good book to read aloud for 1st-3rd graders. I read this one independently, as I felt our girls would consider it too 'babyish' for them.

[Jo-Ann]

Fiction:
Five little monkeys sitting in a tree (can be fingerplay)



Nonfiction:
Scary Creatures - Aligators & Crocodiles








Activity/Movement/Song:
Check out Resource Book " The Sound of Storytime" - Pages 61-64
Storyboard story
Song - Jen knows - Crocodile Song "She Sailed Away"




Craft:
Check out Resource Books as above

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book does provide a good message for kids; it is fun to try new things by yourself, but you will get lonely if you try to do EVERYTHING alone. However, the crocs in the story all annoyed me. The main one was kind of whiny, and the others had an attitude that I did not like. However, kids probably won't be as picky as I am, and may laugh at the antics of all of the crocs in the story.

[RachelAnne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ages 4-8 Crocodile likes the pool where he lives, but he doesn’t like how crowded it is, so he sets off on his own. Unfortunately, every time he finds a great new spot, the other crocs follow him and start copying what he’s doing!

[☆Brittany☆ · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute quick read.

I liked how all the other crocodiles were these random bright colors, not only were they cute, but it gave me the opportunity to work on colors with my son.

[Lauren Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute and fun book with simple drawings that makes you wonder what will happen at the end. Fun to read and great to introduce to young students about the issues of copying and sharing.

[Brianna Crall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed the bright colors and story.

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

Annoyed when the other crocodiles crowd and copy him, a young croc goes off by himself, only to find that he sometimes enjoys the company around him.

[Ebone Cooper · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book was a short and simple read. i would follow it with some type of activity to make sure the point was clear.

[Diego · Rating 5 out of 5]

Otro libro de mi hermanita XD

Me gusto mas el dibujo de este, un buen mensaje para los pequeños, y se termina en minutos.