Book Description
for Mother Crocodile by Birago Diop and John Steptoe
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
When Mother Crocodile warns her children to swim away, they close their ears. Only later, in fact almost too late, do they realize the truth in her words. A cautionary Ovolof tale from Senegal, West Africa, illustrated with abstract drawings in a spectrum of underwater color can also be seen as a symbolic history. (Honor Book: CCBC Caldecott Straw Vote) (7-11 years)
CCBC Choices 1981 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1981. Used with permission.
