The Enormous Crocodile

The Enormous Crocodile
First edition
AuthorRoald Dahl
Audio read byStephen Fry
Roger Blake (on the CD and audio cassette releases)
IllustratorQuentin Blake
Cover artistQuentin Blake
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRoald Dahl
GenreChildren's story and picture book
PublisherJonathan Cape (London)
Publication date
1 November 1978 (46 years ago)
Media typePrint (quarto hardback, paperback)
Pages40 (approx.)
ISBN0-224-01579-6
OCLC4620532
LC ClassPZ7.D1515 En 1978
Preceded byDanny, the Champion of the World 
Followed byThe Twits 

The Enormous Crocodile (first published on 1st November 1978) is a British children's story, written by British author Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. A picture book written for younger readers than Dahl's other works, the story tells of a hungry crocodile who aims to eat human children via using various, not-quite-impenetrable disguises.[1]

  1. ^ Mangan, Lucy (16 September 2016). "Scrumdiddlyumptious! My Roald Dahl top 10". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 October 2023.