A crocodile that longs to be a pet sneaks into a house, hides in the pages of a picture book during the day, and comes out at night to do kind and useful things for the family while they sleep.

The big cats and big crocs of the African wild.

Steve attemps to relocate a hugh crocodile to save him from poachers. But what Steve doesn't know is that the big croc has swallowed a top-secret U.S. satellite beacon ... making them both targets of the U.S. special agents assigned to retrieve the beacon.

Unhappy queen-in-training Cora receives a pet crocodile from her fairy godmother, who disrupts her mundane daily routine.

A local sheriff, an EPA agent, a Fish and Wildlife agent, and a big game hunter team up to kill the blood-thirsty offspring of two 30-foot prehistoric crocodiles that had been killed years earlier.

At Christmas time, Lyle the crocodile helps Mr. Grumps search for his missing cat Loretta.

"They are the most iconic animals on Planet Earth--voracious crocodiles, acrobatic birds, majestic elephants, stupendous whales. To see them is to marvel--and to ask a surprisingly challenging question: Where did these amazing creatures come from? Traveling millions of years into the past, we unravel these iconic creatures' lineage--a story full of twists and turns, punctuated by dramatic events in Earth's history. Along the way we meet an extraordinary...

"From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! The Enormous Crocodile is a horrid greedy grumptious brute who loves to guzzle up little boys and girls. But the other animals have had enough of his cunning tricks, so they scheme to get the better of this foul fiend, once and for all! This picture book edition has a beautiful full-color interior and large trim to feature Quentin Blake's iconic art. "

"Everyone in Chima knows that CHI must be shared equally to maintain peace and harmony. But Cragger, the Crocodile King, has a cunning plan. He fools Laval into keeping the Croc's monthly CHI, making the Crocodile Tribe angrier than ever! Now Laval is in grave danger. It's up to Eris to save her friend and set things right. But is Eris clever enough to stop the Croc's most dastardly plot yet?"--Page [4] of cover.