Good night owl pizzoli1/24/2024 After such a close call, he declares that he will never eat watermelon again. Vines will come out of his ears! He might turn pink! Declaring that he doesn't want to be part of a fruit salad, the crocodile is beside himself, until a nice, satisfying burp bring the seed back up again. When a little crocodile swallows a watermelon seed in this humorous picture-book, he begins to panic, imagining how the seed will begin to grow inside him. The kids laughed, the parents laughed and I’ll be using this book again and again.īonus! Here's a photo of me getting "The Watermelon Seed" signed by Pizzoli: I had them pretend to hold a watermelon and eat along with the main character (make sure to act out for them how HEAVY the fruit is!), even pretending to spit out a seed at the end (which luckily didn’t result in any real spit). The illustrations are adorable, vivid and simple enough for them all to see and understand. I use it in toddler and preschool storytimes and it held their attention throughout. If you enjoy reading in a funny, worried and relieved voice, this book is for you. This book was SO much fun to read in storytime. Croc doesn't want vines in his ears or to become part of a fruit salad! What will happen to our poor little green friend? CHOMP! SLURP! CHOMP’”īasically, he loves watermelon in the same way Popeye loves spinach or Homer Simpson loves donuts.Īnyone with kids in their life can relate to the singular focus for a favorite thing.īut everything changes when Crocodile swallows a seed, with Pizzoli's art doing a great job selling the worry that's come over our poor hero.įrom here, Croc’s imagination takes over, with excellent pacing from writer/artist Greg Pizzoli. Look - how lovable is this guy? Is there a plush yet?Īs Crocodile explains, ‘“Ever since I was a teeny, tiny baby crocodile, it's been my favorite. Our main character is an adorable and slightly neurotic little crocodile with a lifelong obsession for that red and green juicy fruit. However and truth be told I would definitely have enjoyed and appreciated The Watermelon Seed a trifle if not even considerably more if after his initial fears, Greg Pizzoli's crocodile had lastingly learned that swallowing watermelon seeds is unproblematic and not dangerous (for having the same thing occur at the end of The Watermelon Seed, with the crocodile once again swallowing a watermelon seed and proceeding to get worried, while I guess potentially funny for some if not many readers, this does kind of annoy me and makes me roll my eyes a bit). For honestly, who has not had fears and worries of having a watermelon grow inside of one's stomach or guts because one has swallowed a watermelon seed (or a sunflower, a pumpkin, a walnut tree, whatever, depending on the type of seeds ingested)? Fun, engaging, humorous and for me personally, I also do smilingly appreciate that Pizzoli's crocodile protagonist and narrator enjoys watermelon covered with and in salt as dinner/supper fare, as that is and always has been one of my absolutely favourite ways of consuming melons. Childrens eyes and minds will grow in the field with books.Īlthough yes, I do tend to find Greg Pizzoli's brightly and boldly green and pink hued illustrations just a trifle too cartoon-like for my own aesthetic tastes, his The Watermelon Seed is truly so so much fun and also at the same time something to which every child (as well as every adult who remembers his/her childhood) can likely and easily relate. Please enjoy the fun of picture books to children through Totos big picture books big book. The Big Book is very helpful for childrens reading and writing ability, vocabulary, comprehension and expressive development. The Big Book is made more robust, and it can be utilized in various ways such as storytelling education, library reading instruction, lecture, etc. It is good for rediscovering the details of the picture book which is easy to miss, and the same book that you already know is also an opportunity to meet again as the edition is changed. You can naturally raise your emotional empathy while increasing the concentration of your children. The Big Book feels a sense of distance in reading the book, and it can capture the eye and mind of the children who act distracted more directly. Totos picture book is made with a big book because the picture book is a book that children and adults read together, a book that children and adults communicate and communicate with each other. TOTOs Big Book is a book that has been greatly enlarged and produced by children who liked picture books, a librarian from a library, and a teacher who taught children at school. I swallowed a watermelon seed! (Big Book)
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