Penguin Readers – Level 1: The Enormous Crocodile

The Enormous Crocodile is hungry, and children are his favourite food! Can he find a child for his lunch? Or can the Hippopotamus, the Elephant, the Monkey and the Bird stop him?

With carefully adapted text, illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.

The Enormous Crocodile, a Level 1 Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past simple tense and some simple modals, adverbs and gerunds. Illustrations support the text throughout.